COLOURS OF FLOWERS OF HERBACEOUS BEA Ts: 
ie 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 colour, 
its name will be found under each—e.g., Delphiniwm Ajacis is classed under Blue, Red, 
and White. 
‘subjects—mostly Orchids—in cultivation, as it is unlikely that such a list would be sought by 
Tt has not been thought necessary to make provision for the few green-flowered 
any reader. 
The height of each plant is given in feet and fractions of a foot. 
The following abbreviations are employed throughout this section of the Supple- 
ment :— 
aq, aquatic; b, blue; bk, black; br, brown; c, cream; c-h, cool house; g, green; gl, glaucous; gy, grey; i-h, inter- 
mediate house; l, lilac; m, magenta; mv, mauve; o, orange; p, purple; pi, pink; 7, red; s-ag, semi-aquatic; 
sc, scented; si, silvery; st, stove; v, violet; w, white; y, yellow. 
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), fl (flesh), pa (pale), ro (rose), 
and sa (salmon)—but, to avoid confusion, the additional abbreviations are confined to the 
section to which they refer. 
BLUE.—The shades are indicated by the following 
abbreviations: am (ametbystine), d (dark), pa (pale), 
sk (sky). 
Hardy.—Awnnoats —Anagallis grandiflora (varying to 
r; 3); Asperula orientalis (sk; 1); Borago longifolia (1) ; 
B. officinalis (b, p, or w; 1-2); Centaurea Cyanus (variable ; 
2-3); Delphininm Ajacis (b, 7, or w; 1-14); Gilia achillez- 
folia (p-b; 1); G. capitata (1-2) ; Moricandia sonchifolia 
(pa v-b ; 1-2) ; Nemophila insignis (sk; 14); N. Menziesii 
Blue (Hardy)—continued. 
vars. (pa; 4); Nicandra physaloides (2); Nigella damas- 
cena (b or w; 1-2); N. hispanica (d; 1-2); Nolana tenella 
(pa); Phacelia campanularia (d, spotted w; 4-3); P. 
viscida (p-b; 1); P. Whitlavia (2); Sedum cceruleum (3) ; 
Wahlenbergia hederacea (pa). 
BrenniAts.—Anarrhinum bellidifolium (pa, or w; 2); 
Myosotis sylvatica (throat y; 1-2). 
PeRENNIALS. — Aconitum angustifolium (d; 2-3); 
