HEiMIPHRAGMA. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



HESPERIS. 



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not the least showy, and, \\\L&flava, sweetly 

 scented, the flowers lasting two or three 

 days. It makes a handsome plant for 

 a rocky bank, and even when flowers are 

 absent the pretty Grass-like leaves are 

 welcome. It flowers dm'ing- June and 

 July. It is also known under the names 

 gramiiiifolia and pumila. Siberia. 



H. AURANTIACA MAJOR.— This is the 

 name given by Mr. Baker, of Kew, to a 

 new and handsome kind from Japan, and 

 of which a coloured plate was given in 

 The Garden^ November 23, 1895. It is 

 certainly one of the finest new hardy 

 plants of recent years, and reminds one 

 of H. fidva (syn., H. disticha). The 

 new kind has bold leafage, a glaucous 

 tinge overlying the deep green body 

 colour ; the flowers, of a rich apricot 

 colour, open out widely, and are of great 

 substance. 



where they can grow freely without injury 

 to other plants. The finest are H. gigan- 

 feum, laitatum, sibiricum, eminens., Wil- 

 hehnsi, and pudescejis, all of which, when 

 in flower, are 5 to 10 ft. high. All are 

 increased by seed. 



HERNIARIA. — Dwarf perennial 

 trailers, forming a dense turfy mass, green 

 throughout the year. There are two or 

 three species, but the most important is 

 H. glabra, which has been largely used as 

 a carpeting plant on account of its dwarf 

 growth, and it is always a deep green, 

 even in a hot season. 



HR^VEiRlBiRocket^—H. matronalis is 

 a popular old garden plant, and among the 

 most desirable of hardy flowers. It bears 

 showy, varied, and fragrant flower-spikes. 

 The original single-flowered kind grows 

 I to 3 ft. high, and has pinkish flowers, 

 but the double kinds are much more 



Double White Rocket. 



HEMIPHRAGMA.— //. heterophylla 

 is a dwarf trailing plant of the Figwort 

 family, bearing inconspicuous flowers, 

 succeeded by bright red berries about 

 the size of small peas, on slender creep- 

 ing stems. It is rather tender, and 

 requires a sheltered and well-drained spot 

 in the rock-garden. Himalayas. 



HERACLEUM {Giant Parsnip). — 

 Umbelhferous perennials, mostly of gi- 

 gantic growth, having huge spreading 

 leaves and tall flower-stems, with um- 

 belled clusters of small white flowers i ft. 

 or more across. Though well-developed 

 plants of the large kinds have a fine 

 effect when isolated in a position not too 

 obstructive, they are out of place in the 

 flower garden and suitable only for the 

 rougher parts of pleasure-grounds, the 

 banks of rivers or lakes, and other places 



valued. There are two distinct forms of 

 the double white Rocket as well as of the 

 double purple Rocket in cultivation. One 

 is a tall white, turning to a pale flesh 

 colour with age ; the other is the old 

 white variety, of dwarfer growth, with 

 smaller and more compact flowers. It is 

 met with in the north, but is little known 

 in the south, where it does not flourish so 

 well as the common variety. There is 

 the old purple double Rocket and a free- 

 growing dwarf form known as Compact- 

 ness, which has also larger and darker 

 flowers. Rockets require care in cultivat- 

 ing, and will soon be lost if left to them- 

 selves. They should be divided at least 

 every second year and transplanted, for 

 they seem to tire of the soil and to require 

 more change than most perennials. If 

 the young shoots are formed into cuttings 



