GARDEN FLOWERS. IQI 



to the season. There are now several varieties of the Peru- 

 vian Heliotrope ; the principal variations consisting in the 

 larger size of the blossoms, and the deepening of the color, 

 which, in the variety Voltaireanum, is of a deep purple. H. 

 corymbosum, and many other varieties, are worth growing. 

 Both for flower-beds and for bouquets, the Heliotrope may 

 be considered indispensable. Seed of the annual kinds 

 may be sown in March, in a frame or greenhouse ; the 

 plants, when large enough, may be pricked out three or four 

 in a pot, and, as they advance, potted singly, or planted out 

 where they are to remain. 



H. corymbosum (corymbose) ; greenhouse shrub ; 4 feet ; 

 flowers lilac, in July; Peru; 1800. H. Peruvianum (Peru- 

 vian); greenhouse shrub; 18 inches; flowers lilac or purple, 

 in July ; Peru; 1757. 



HELLEBORE. See HELLEBORUS. 



HELLEBORUS. Hellebore. [Ranunculacea;.] Showy hardy 

 perennials, of easy culture, growing in good garden soil, and 

 a rather shady situation, and increasing by dividing the 

 roots in the dormant season. It is a desirable family. H. 

 niger, called the Christmas Rose, is a favorite dwarf species, 

 which flowers all through the winter. H. Olympiats, and 

 some others of the Oriental species, are the better for slight 

 protection ; their early blossoms being otherwise disfigured. 

 These, and H. atrorttbens, with purple flowers, are the most 

 desirable. 



H. atrorubens (dark-red) ; hardy perennial ; i foot ; flowers 

 purple, in May; Hungary; 1820. H. foetidus (bear's-foot) ; 

 hardy perennial ; 18 inches; flowers green, in May; England. 

 H. lividus (livid) ; hardy perennial ; i foot ; flowers purplish, in 

 May; Corsica; 1710. H.niger (Christmas Rose); hardy per- 

 ennial ; i foot; flowers white, in January; Austria; 1596. H. 

 odorus (sweet-scented) ; hardy perennial ; 1 8 inches ; flowers 

 green, in May; Hungary; 1817. H. Olympicus (Olympian); 



