34 8 Herbaceous flMants. 



Flowers handsome, in terminal clusters, pale blue or lilac, 

 in early summer. Nice for moist and half-shady positions 

 in rocky woods and shrubberies. 



Golden Drop, Onosma stellulatum. — Somewhat like the 

 preceding species, but with narrower lineardauceolate or 

 spatulate leaves ; stem only six or eight inches high ; 

 flowers in curved racemes, tubular, bright yellow or white. 

 A neat plant for rockeries, flowering in summer. The 

 variety tawricum is larger with pure yellow flowers. 



Arnebia, A. echioides. — A fine spreading plant for shady 

 rockeries. Stem ascending, eight or nine inches high with 

 oblong, ciliated leaves and terminal spikes of very showy 

 yellow flowers ; corolla marked with five large, black spots 

 in the angles of the segments. A. Griffith!), smaller, with 

 bright yellow flowers. May be treated as an annual. Both 

 are very desirable. Thrive well in a rich, sandy soil. 



Hairy Puccoon, IMhospermvm hirtum. — A pretty peren- 

 nial about a foot high with linear-lanceolate leaves and 

 showy, orange-yellow flowers in terminal cymes. L. Gas- 

 toni, a European mountain plant, has bright sky-blue 

 flowers in summer. Both are fine rock plants. 



Forget-me-not, Myosotis palustri*. — A very beautiful 

 plant of the old world, growing in or near water on the 

 margin of clear running streams or brooks, in sunny posi- 

 tions. Leaves mostly tufted at the root, oblong, bright 

 green ; flowering stems about eight inches high with a long, 

 slightly curving raceme of sky-blue, yellow-eyed flowers. 

 Grows in large masses and is very effective when flowering 

 in summer. Very desirable, but should be grown under 

 quite natural conditions in order to retain its freshness aud 



