152 EVERGREENS. 



HELIANTHEMUM, 



(Sun Eose.) 



All the species are low, bushy, or trailing plants, 

 suitable for rock-work, or for the fronts of beds of 

 other plants. They are all more or less ornamental, 

 with red, white, or yellow flowers, or of different shades 

 of those colours, which are produced abundantly. 

 Large masses of them make a brilliant appearance 

 when fully expanded, but they are always closed 

 except when the sun shines. 



HYPERICUM, Linnceus. 

 (St. John's Wort.) 



HYPERICUM CALYCINUM. Linnceus. 

 (Large-calixed St. John's Wort.) 



One of the most useful flowering plants for covering 

 banks or bare places in old shrubberies or under trees. 

 It is very dwarf, never higher than twelve or eighteen 

 inches. Leaves dark and shining, flowers bright 

 yellow, two or three inches across. It has creeping 

 stems, which rapidly extend over a large space. It 

 thrives well under the drip and shade of trees, and 

 prefers a light soil. 



