T attempt is here made to classify, under definite headings, according to the colours 
of their flowers, the most desirable of the herbaceous plants described in this ; 
work, with a view to facilitating the selection of plants when blossoms of certain hues are 
required for any special purpose. Many good, and in some cases popular, subjects 
are perforce omitted owing to the profusion of tints exhibited by individual flowers. (a 
large number of the Orchids might be cited as examples); but wherever possible, plants. 
whose flowers are not self-coloured are classed under the heading to which their prevailing 
colour most nearly approximates, and their markings briefly indicated. 
Where a plant bears flowers in two or more distinct varieties or strains of BE 
à name will be found under ah g- Delphinium Ajacis is classed under Blue, Red, 
Nte. It has not been thought | necessary to make provision for the few green-flowered 
subjects—mostly Orchids—in aiser as it is unlikely that such a list would be sought y 
any reader. | S 
The height of each plant is given in | feet and fractions of a foot. x 
"The ee abbreviations are employed throughout this section of the Supp : 
| black; br, brown; c, cream; eh, cool house; g, green; gl, glaucous; gy, grey; +h, 
3 l, lilac; m, magenta; mv, mauve: o o urple ; ink; r, red; s-aq, semi-aquatie 
se, scented ; si, silvery ; st, stove; v, violet; w, “eye ECT à P 
Others have, however, been deemed necessary, in order to more clearly indicate the 
exact shades or tints—e. g., under Pink there are d (dark), # (flesh), pa (pale), ro (rose) 
and sa (salmon)—but, to avoid confusion, the additional abbreviations are confined to the 
‘section to which they refer, — : 
d 
BLUE.—The shades are indicated: by the re Blue (Hardy)—continued. E 
Ee em oe xii = fk) ga Genee vars. (pa; tod Mere physaloides (2); Nigella : 
chow EM i 1-2); N. hispanica (d; 1-2); Nols 
Hardy.—ANNUALS —Anagallis gran varying to U oo or w; wa 
r; 3); Asperula orientalis (sk ; 1); Ge D | (pa) ; Phacelia camp: panularia (d, ‘spotted 
B. officinalis (b, p, or w ; 1-2) ; Centaurea Cyanus (variable ee 
Delphinium Ajacis (b, r, or w ; 1-14); Gilia ac säl 
; G. capitata (1-2); Moricandia sonchifolia 
Nemophila insignis (sk; 1); N. p 
