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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Helipterum—continued. 
and useful subject for pot culture. Seeds of it should be 
sown early in March, and placed in a warm house; when 
the young plants are large enough to handle, they should 
be pricked off, about eight in a 5in. pot, and grown on 
until they flower. This species may also be grown, with 
others, in the open ground. 
; (hoary). This is the correct name of the plant 
described in this work as lma canescens (which see). 
(B. M. 420, under name of Xeranthemum canescens.) 
H. Cotula (Cotula-flowered). fl.-heads yellow, or white with a 
— — eye; involucral scales radiating, scarious, oblong or ob- 
ong-lanceolate ; pappus hairs thickened upwards, very plumose ‘ 
achenes smooth. May. J. scattered (opposite in very young, weak 
plants). lin. long, filiform, terete. Stem terete, generally much 
ranched from the base, but sometimes single; branches very 
slender. h. 6in.to 24in. West Australia. Annual. (B. M. 5604.) 
H. phalioides (Gnaphalium-like). fl.-heads, peduncles ter- 
minal, 2in. to 3in. long, — ; involucre broadly cylindrical, of 
several imbricated reddish scales, cottony ; receptacle faveolated ; 
florets yellow, tubular, perfectly tive-toothed. June. J. alternate, 
2in. long, linear, almost filiform, waved, semi-cylindrical on the 
hack, grooved in front, downy. Stems decumbent at base, 
throwing up numerous erect, downy branches. h. 1ft. to 14ft. Cape 
of Good Hope, 1824. Perennial. (B. M. 2710, under name of 
Gnaphalium modestum.) 
Fig. 210, HELIPTERUM HUMBOLDTIANUM, showi i 
detached TOTER. sector EOE 
H. Humboldtianum (Humboldt’s).* A. hedds small, numerous 
in dense terminal corymbs; involucre cylindrical; outer bracts 
closely imbricate, with very short, squarrose, scarious tips ; inner 
ones with slightly woolly-ciliate claws, and radiating, rather rigid, 
petal-like lamin, of a bright yellow, passing (when dr ) into a 
metallic green. J. linear or linear-lanceolate, acute. h. lft. to 2ft. 
— — — a. aoe woolly-white or at length 
neal rous annual, See Fig. 210. Syn. H. Sandfordii 
_ which name it is figured in B. M. 5350). — 
H. incanum (white). /l.-heads large; involucral bracts yellow, 
bon Be white į — — — crowded at the base 
ofthe stem. A. 9in. Australia. nt dwarf, tufted, branchin 
downy. Half-hardy annual. (B. M. 2881.) ` pi 
H. Manglesii (Mangles’).* /-heads showy, on long peduncles 
— a few searious scales; involucre hemispherical, when 
J out the outer bracts sessile and scarious, the inner ones 
| a narrow claw and oblong, radiating, petal-like lamina, 
from a pa hai — a deep purple at 
s OBSS yellow or purple. Z. ovate-oblong or broadly- 
Janocolata: stem hag —— — h. = = 
a tern n erect, abrous, cor se. 
branched annual. (B. M. 3483, 5283, 5290 E. . 1703; SB. F. Q 
ser. ii. 295, under name of Rhodanthe Manglesii.) 
ee ——— (Sandford’s), A synonym of H. Humboldtianum, 
spec um (ver hi: + né 
theipiant desetibed ph Ma SaN). This is —— — 
which sec). (A. B. R. 51, under name of Xeranthemum speciosum.) 
HELLEBORE. See Helleborus. 
- HELI * See Epipactis. and Serap as 
HELLEBORUS (from Helleboros, the old 
t , the old Greek name 
> 
used by Theophrastus; probably of foreign origin). Helle- 
Helleborus—continued. 
bore. Orp. Ranunculacee. A genus comprising about 
a dozen species of ornamental hardy, erect, perennial 
herbs, inhabiting South Europe and Western Asia. Flowers 
white, greenish, yellow or purple, rather large, solitary, or 
paniculate ; sepals five, regular, usually persistent; petals 
small, tubular. Leaves palmate or pedate, leathery. 
Hellebores thrive in almost any ordinary garden soil, but 
a rich loam, with a moist, rather shady, perfectly drained 
situation, suits them best. A top-dressing of good rotten 
marńure, about the end of March, after the plants have 
finished flowering, is very beneficial. Hellebores should 
be planted so that they may be conveniently shaded 
when in flower, as, being usually produced in winter and 
early spring, the blossoms—the white sorts especially— 
are damaged with mud splashes. H. niger and its varie- 
ties, popularly known as Christmas Roses, are largely 
cultivated for the use of their flowers, in a cut state, in 
mid-winter. The roots may be lifted, and placed in a 
gentle heat, under glass; but they should not be forced 
much. The flowers will be better, if only the protection 
of a frame or hand glass is afforded them, in the open 
ground; or they may be improved by cutting, and allow- 
ing them to expand in water, in a warm house. All are 
easily increased by root divisions, but the stock should 
be strong and healthy. Seeds may also be sown so soon 
as ripe; but this mode of propagation is very slow, and 
scarcely. worth the trouble involved, unless new varie- 
ties are desired. 
H. abchasi Abchasian). i 
2in. tae pba oval, —— obrano eaor iher $ 
— numerous ; anthers yellow. January to March J. about 
ft. in diameter, with five to seven spathulate-lanceolate, widely 
spreading, smooth, toothed leaflets. h. lft. Caucasus. Ever- 
green. 
H. atrorubens (dark-red). A. deep purple when young, with 
the edges and centre ultimately dull purple ; sepals roundish, 
about lin. long. March. l, radical ones pedate; cauline ones 
almost sessile, palmate. Stems branched, two to four-flowered. 
h. 18in. South Europe, 1820. (B. M. 4581.) 
B ca ve ages oe age Pi pale. green — much i= 
cated, abow in. long. ` ve oki 4 
broad. h. l}ft. Caucasus, 1853. y glossy, oblong, din. to 4in 
Fig. 211. HELLEBORUS CAUCASICUS PUNCTATUS, showing 
Habit and detached Single Flower. 
H, c. punctatus (dotted 
dotted sepals. AN Fig. 2il. 
H. colchicus (Colchican). fl. deep bright le; sepals 
1 —— e; se some- 
me round and flat, much binta uraa yellow. January 
ae larch, J. very large, pedate, dentate, distinctly veined. Stems 
ee to six-flowered. h. 18in. Asia Minor. (R. G. 293.) 
H, fcotidus —— — Foot. fi. 
d in panicled cymes; sepals: e: with brown, which 
turns to a purplish tint. “December to April. l. alternate, 
Persistent, dull green, small, pedate ; segments linear, shallowly 
A garden hybrid, with rosy-coloured 
, nearly lin. across, 
