RUDBECKIA SABBATIA SARRACEN1A. 151 



RUDBECKIA. 



This is a genus of North American plants, some of them 

 valuable for the border ; all are hardy, and easily propagated 

 by dividing the roots. 



Rudbeckia fidgida has large, brilliant yellow flowers, with 

 a dark centre, or disk ; about two feet high ; continuing in 

 bloom all the months of July and August. 



R. purpurea. Purple Rudbeckia. This plant grows from 

 three to four feet high. The disk of -the flower is very rich, 

 appearing, in the sun, of a golden crimson ; the rays are purple, 

 and, in some of the varieties, quite long. 



R. nudiftora. This is a beautiful species; it grows three 

 feet high ; the stems branched, producing a long succession of 

 flowers, with long, conical, dark disks, and very long, wavy 

 rays, of a pure, clear yellow. 



There are many other species, but mostly coarse-growing 

 plants. 



SASBATIA. 



This is a pretty genus of North American plants, not much 

 cultivated, but, if properly managed, would no doubt prove a 

 great acquisition. 



Sabbatia chloiroides is found growing in Plymouth county, on 

 the margin of ponds ; it has large, showy pink flowers, in July. 

 There is also a variety with white flowers ; it is a biennial, 

 and must therefore be propagated from the seed, which should 

 be sown in moist ground, as soon as ripe, or early in the 

 spring. 



SARRACENIA. 



Side-Saddle Flower. 



This very curious plant is found growing in our wet, boggy 

 meadows and swamps. It will succeed in any wet corner of the 



