58 The American Flower Garden 



CORNFLOWER, RAGGED SAILOR, BACHELORS BUTTONS (Centaurea 

 Cyanus). Pure blue, singularly fringed trumpets, borne in thistle- 

 like heads. In single varieties only. Also, white, pink, wine-col 

 oured, lilac, and purple. Annual; 2 feet. 



CROWN IMPERIAL (Fritillaria imperialis). Has a circle of pendant 

 brown-red flowers each one and one-half inches long, topped by 

 a tuft of leaves. Plant has onion-like odour. Put bulb six inches 

 deep in rich soil having manure below that. Perennial; 3 feet. 



DAFFODIL (Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus). Yellow. April, May; ijfeet. 

 The old trumpet daffodil, single or double Van Sion. Very effective 



when naturalised. , QUEEN ANNE S DOUBLE (N. Capax- 



plenus), pale yellow. The Jonquil is a round-leaved narcissus, 

 I foot high, with rich yellow flowers less than an inch across; 

 extremely fragrant. 



DAISY, ENGLISH (Bellis perennis). Pink and white. April, May. 

 A rosette with flowers on three-inch stalks, making buttons about 

 one inch across. This and the pansy best bedding plants April to 

 May. After blooming in beds transplant for naturalising in moist, 

 partially shaded spot. 



DAME S ROCKET, SWEET ROCKET (Hesperis matronalis). See ROCKET. 



DAY LILY, LEMON (Hemerocallis flava). Yellow trumpets, 4 inches 

 long, borne in loose clusters on stems 4 feet high. Grass-like 

 foliage, 3 to 4 feet long, arching. Divide clumps every four or 

 five years. The lemon day lily is one of the oldest garden 

 favourites, and has become naturalised in some places. Flowers 



in June; fragrant. , ORANGE (H. fulva), not fragrant; July, 



August; there is a double form of this. Both are absolutely hardy. 

 (See also PLANTAIN LILY.) 



FAIR MAIDES OF FRANCE, FAIR MAIDES OF KENT, WHITE BACHELORS 

 BUTTONS (Ranunculus aconitifolius). White buttons one inch 

 across, freely produced in May, June; 6 inches to 3 feet. The yellow 

 ranunculus, or buttercup, once grown in gardens, is now a naturalised 

 wild flower; the double form is the yellow bachelors buttons. 



FEVERFEW (Chrysanthemum Parthenium). White buttons about three- 

 quarters of an inch across. Foliage yellow, with characteristic 

 strong, bitter odour. Old favourite for edging. The single (wild) 

 kind, like a small ox-eye daisy, was cultivated in old physic gardens. 



