192 GARDEN FLOWERS. 



hardy perennial ; ifoot; flowers pinkish-white, in May ; India; 

 1840. H. Orientalis (Eastern) ; hardy perennial; i foot; flow- 

 ers -purplish, in May; India; 1839. H. purpurascens (pur- 

 plish); hardy perennial ; 18 inches; flowers purplish, in May ; 

 Hungary; 1817. H. vernalis (spring); hardy perennial; 6 

 inches ; flowers white, in May ; Austria ; 1596. 



HELONIAS. [Melanthaceas.] Hardy herbaceous peren- 

 nials. Soil, peat, and a damp shady situation. Increased 

 by division. 



H. angustifolia (narow-leaved) ; hardy perennial ; i foot ; 

 flowers white, in May; North America; 1823. H. bullata 

 (bossed) ; hardy perennial ; I foot ; flowers purple, in April ; 

 North America; 1758. H. erythrosperma (red-seeded) ; hardy 

 perennial ; 6 inches ; flowers white, in June ; North America ; 

 1770. 



HEMEROCALLIS. Day-lily. [Liliaceae.] Hardy, coarse- 

 looking, but gay, herbaceous perennials, producing showy 

 flowers that last but one day ; hence ihe common name. 

 They are of the simplest culture, growing readily in ordi- 

 nary garden soil, and are propagated by dividing the plants. 

 The flowers are pretty, and freely produced from June to 

 August. 



H. disticha (two-rowed) ; half-hardy perennial ; 2 feet ; flow- 

 ers orange, in May; China; 1798. H. flava (yellow); hardy 

 perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers yellow, in summer. 



HEMLOCK. See ABIES. 



HEMP. See CANNABIS. 



HENBANE. See HYOSCYAMUS. 



HEPATICA. [Ranunculaceae.] Pretty dwarf hardy herba- 

 ceous perennials. The common Hepatica (H. triloba) is 

 one of the earliest of the spring flowers. These plants require 

 a well-drained border, sandy loam with one-third peat is 

 preferable, and never succeed well in soil where there is 



