350 HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 



S. Palmata. A variety of tall habit, bearing immense corymbs of 

 red flowers. June. All perennials. 



Veronica Virginica is our common tall-growing species, producing 

 white flowers in August. 



V. Speciosa and Spicata produce fine blue flowers, and are of dwarf 

 habit. Perennials. June. 



Sanguinaria Canadensis, our wild Bloodroot ; succeeds admirably in 

 cultivation, and increases in size and vigor. It is one of our earliest 

 spring flowers, and should be more generally cultivated. Flowers, pure 

 white, with yellow stamens, in early May. 



The following plants are all well worthy of cultivation, 

 but we have no space to describe them. Unless otherwise 

 noted, all are hardy perennials. 



Saxifraga Crassifolia. Flowers pink, in May. 



Monarda Didyma. Flowers scarlet, in July. 



Chinese Pceonies. Red, white, and blush. May to July. 



Papaver Orientalis. Flowers scarlet, in June. 



Perstemon Coeruleum. Flowers blue. August. 



AconUum Napellus (Monkshood). Flowers blue. July. 



Alyssum Saxitile. Flowers yellow. May. 



Columbines, in variety. Biennials. June. 



Lunaria Biennis (Honesty). Biennial ; white or pink, in May. 



Sweet William, in variety. Biennials. June. 



Verbascum Pyramidalis. Biennial ; yellow. August. 



Polemonium Coeruleum. Flowers blue or white. June. 



Rudbeckia Fulgida. Flowers yellow. July. 



Iberis Tenoriana. Flowers white. May. 



Potentilla Astrosanguinea. Flowers blood-red all summer. 



Dracocephalum Virginiacum. Flowers purple. July. 



