ARONIA. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. ARTEMISIA. 



last, but taller, with smaller flowers, 

 and needs a damp place. A. sachalin- 

 ensis from the Far East grows 18 

 inches high, with abundant yellow 

 flowers. 



ARONIA. A group of shrubs allied 

 to Pyrus, but distinct in aspect, and 

 when grouped effective in colour, but 

 so fragile that mixed in the ordinary 



rarely for their flowers. A. anethi folia 

 is one of the most elegant herbaceous 

 perennials, 5 feet in height. A . annua 

 is a graceful plant with tall stems 5 or 

 6 feet high, the foliage fine, and the 

 flowers not showy in elegant panicles. 

 The hue is a fresh and pleasing green, 

 and the plant is a graceful centre of a 

 flower-bed or group. Other kinds, like 



Arum crinitum (Dragon's Mouth). 



way they give little effect, whereas 

 massed they are charming both in 

 flower and in fine colour of leaf in 

 autumn. Three kinds of easy culture 

 are nigra, arbutifolia, and floribunda. 



ARTEMISIA (Wormwood}. Herbs 

 and low bushes covering a large part 

 of the surface of northern and arid 

 regions. Though often poor weeds, 

 some have a use in gardens, though 



A . alpina and A . frigida, belong to an 

 alpine group, which is at home in the 

 rock garden, while there are many 

 taller herbaceous and half-woody 

 plants of a silvery hue, such as A . Stel- 

 leriana, A . cana, A . maritima, and some 

 with handsome Fern-like foliage, as A. 

 tanaceti folia. A . lactiflora, from China, 

 has stately Spiraea-like plumes oi 

 creamy flowers, 6 feet high. It is 

 valuable for grouping. 



