HARDY BORDER PLANTS 287 



Waxen white, pendulous, liliaceous flowers in a great thyrsus. 

 Leaves long, narrow, dark-green, with marginal filaments. 

 For the lawn, and for massing in large grounds. 



JULY 



Althaea rosea (Hollyhock). 5-8 ft. Summer and fall. Flowers 

 white, crimson, and yellow, lavender and purple. Stately 

 plants of spire-like habit ; useful for the back of the border, 

 or beds and groups. The newer double varieties have 

 flowers as fine as a camellia. The plant is a biennial, but in 

 rich, well-drained soil and with some winter protection it 

 becomes perennial. Easily grown from seed, blooming the 

 second year. Seeds may be sown in August in frames and 

 carried over winter in the same place. The first year's 

 bloom is usually the best. 



Anthemis tinctoria (Yellow Chamomile). 12-18 in. July-No- 

 vember. Flowers bright yellow, 1-2 inches in diameter. 

 Useful for cutting. Dense, bushy habit. 



Delphinium Chinense. 3 ft. July-September. Variable colors; 

 from deep blue to lavender and white. Fine for the border. 



1). formosum. 4 ft. July-September. Fine spikes of rich 

 blue flowers. One of the finest blue flowers cultivated. 



Funkia lancifolia. (See under August.) 



Helianthus multiflorus var. /. pi. 4 ft. July-September. 

 Large double flowers, of a fine golden color. Erect habit. 

 A splendid flower. 



Lychnis Viscaria var. flore pleno. 12-15 in. July-August. 

 Double, deep, rose-red flowers in spikes. For groups and 

 masses. 



Monarda didyma. 2 ft. July-October. Showy scarlet flowers 

 in terminal heads. 



Pentstemon grandiflorus . 2 ft. July- August. Leafy spikes of 

 showy purple flowers. 



P. Icevigatus var. Digitalis. 3 ft. July-August. Pure white 

 flowers in spikes, with purple throats. 



Platycodon grandiflora (Campanula grandi flora). 3 ft. July- 

 September. Deep blue, bell-shaped flowers. Dense, fine, 

 erect habit. 



P. Mariesii. 1 ft. July-September. Flowers larger; deep 

 violet-blue. Heavier foliage. 



