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. nudiflora. 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. 



SABBATIA. 



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 



