144 HARDY PERENNIALS AND 



Heuchera Drummondi. 



DRTTMMOND'S HETJCHERA; Nat. Ord. SAXIFRAGACE^:. 

 A TALL kind, with leaves of handsome shape (heart-shaped and 

 lobed) and greener than most varieties. 



Cultivation and flowering period are described under Heuchera. 



Heuchera Glabra. 



SMOOTH HETJCHERA; Nat. Ord. SAXIFRAGACE.E. 

 THIS was introduced in 1824 from North America. The foliage 

 is bold and abundant; the illustration (Fig. 51) not only gives a 



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Fia. 51. HEUCHERA GLABRA. 

 (One-sixth natural size.) 



good idea of the form and habit of foliage, but fairly represents 

 the whole genus, as seen during the late (1882) season. This 

 species has dull pinkish flowers ; the scapes have a few leaves ; 

 root leaves are 2in. to 5in. in diameter, heart-shaped, lobed, 

 toothed, smooth, and of a dark bronzy-green colour. The leaf 

 stalks are long and slender ; the habit very neat. 



Cultivation and flowering period are described under Heuchera. 



Heuchera Lucida. 



SHINING-LEAVED HEUCHERA; Nat. Ord. SAXIFRAGACEJE. 

 A VERY dwarf species, not more than Sin. or 4in. high ; the foliage 

 a clear bright green, nearly kidney-shaped, lobed, and roundly 

 toothed. The fresh appearance of its prostrate leaves, which 

 are 2in. across, forms a pleasing object in mid-winter. 



Cultivation and flowering period, as given under Heuchera. 



