306 Iberbaceous plants. 



nial about a foot high. Leaves fingered ; flowers very 

 showy, blue, late in spring. Fine for naturalizing in masses 

 on bare hillsides or in sandy lawns. It is also a nice plant 

 for rockeries. The annual forms are very attractive plants 

 for summer bedding. They vary in color from white to 

 deep purple. The best are: nanus, blue or white; hiteus, 

 dwarf yellow ; mutabilia, flowers large, sweet-scented, violet- 

 purple with the standard yellow in the scentre ; hybridus, 

 in many colors, one rosy-purple. All these should be sown 

 early in spring, in the place where they are to flower. 

 Light, sandy loam. 



Clover, Trifolium. Several kinds of clover are useful 

 for lawn-grass mixtures. The white clover is the most use- 

 ful for this purpose, but for sandy soil the trailing, yellow- 

 flowering kinds, such as the hop trefoil and the sand 

 clover, are also very useful, while in large, pasture-like 

 lawns in extensive grounds the common red clover may be 

 used and allowed to bloom. 



Sainfoin, Onobrycliis saliva. An agricultural plant, also 

 useful for ornament on grassy banks. It grows one or two 

 feet high with bright green, pinnate leaves and loose ra- 

 cemes of rosy-pink flowers in summer. 



Coronilla, Coronilla varia. A very ornamental, spread- 

 ing plant with long, pinnate leaves and numerous umbels 

 of white and rosy -purple flowers all summer. Fine for 

 naturalizing in sandy soil, on rocky banks, or barren slopes. 

 Inclined to spread rapidly by means of underground shoots. 



Cherokee Bean, Erythrina herbacea. An exceedingly 

 fine and showy plant with leafy, erect stems, trifoliate 

 leaves, and long, terminal racemes of scarlet flowers in 



