146 Subtropical Gardening. 



Hedychmm Gardnerianum. A stove herbaceous 

 plant from the East Indies, growing from 3! ft. to 6 ft. 

 high, with broadly lance-shaped clasping leaves in two 

 rows, and bearing, in autumn, lemon-coloured flowers with 

 a strong Jonquille perfume, in terminal spikes nearly a 

 foot long. Another species, H. aurantiacum, has hand- 

 some orange flowers. These handsome plants may have 

 been seen flowering in the open air in the gardens at 

 Battersea Park, very pleasing and effective in shady nooks 

 not planted out but kept in the pots in which they were 

 grown. They should be put out about the end of May. 



*Helianthus animus (Sun-flower). This common 

 and familiar annual plant may be usefully employed in 

 adorning the rougher parts of pleasure-grounds in warm 

 positions, where it will thrive to best advantage. Although 

 very hardy and capable of being grown in almost any 

 soils, it prefers those that are substantial and free. 



*Helianthus orgyalis. A very distinct-looking hardy 

 plant, growing 6 ft. or 8 ft. high. Its distinctiveness arises 

 from the fact that the leaves are recurved in a peculiarly 

 graceful manner. At the top of the shoots, indeed, their 

 aspect is most striking, from their springing up in great 

 profusion and then bending gracefully down. It will 

 form a capital subject for groups of fine-leaved, hardy 

 plants, or for isolation by wood-walks, etc. As it is apt 

 to come up rather thickly, the cultivator will act judiciously 

 by thinning out the shoots when very young, so that 

 those which remain may prove stronger and better 

 furnished with leaves. N. America. 



*Hemerocallis ralva. This is one of those fine old 

 plants formerly grown in almost every garden, but which 



