Encyclopaedia of Gardening 



Chrysolcra, yellow 

 Cottage Maid, pink, dwarf 

 Couleur de Cardinal, cardinal 

 Due van Thol, red and yellow, 



also other colours 

 Joost van Vondel, striped, also 



white form 



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Keizer's Kroon, red and yellow, 



very tall 



Ophir d'Or, yellow 

 Pink Beauty, rose and white 

 Proserpine, yellow 

 Thomas Moore, orange 

 Vermilion Brilliant, scarlet 

 White Swan, white 



The following are good early double varieties: 

 La Candeur, white j Tournesol, red and yellow 



Rex Rubrorum, red ,, yellow 



Salvator Rosa, rose Yellow Rose, sweet 



The following are splendid May bloomers: 



Loveliness, lilac-pink 

 Maiden's Blush, white, rose edge 

 Mrs. Krelage, mauve, white edge 

 Pride of Haarlem, crimson 

 Summer Beauty, rose flake 

 Walter T. Ware, orange 



Caledonia, cardinal 

 Clara Butt, pink 

 Gesneriana lutea, yellow 

 Grand Monarque, chocolate 

 La Merveille, coppery, sweet 

 La Tulipe noire, purple 

 Le Reve, mauve 



Watsonia. A small genus of beautiful Cape bulbs, of which two 

 sorts, Ardernei and Meriana O'Brieni, have pure- white flowers. 

 They are worth growing in pots, and may be potted singly, like 

 Hyacinths, but the bulbs are not procurable till early winter. They 

 may be started in pots in spring if desired, and planted out in early 

 summer. The flowers are borne in long, graceful spikes. 



Bullace (Prunus insititia). A fruit hardly worth growing. See 

 Fruit Damsons. 



Buphthalmum (buphthal-mum, from bous, an ox, and ophthalmos, 

 eye, in allusion to the disk. Ord. Compositae). These are tall, 

 hardy herbaceous perennials, suitable for the border, and thriving 

 in ordinary well-drained soil in a sunny position. Propagation is 

 by division in spring. The best are salicifolium grandiflorum, 

 speciosissimum (Telekia speciosissima), and speciosum (cordif olium) , 

 all of which grow about 2 ft. high and have yellow flowers in summer. 



Burgundy Mixture. This is a substitute for Bordeaux Mixture, 

 and is used for spraying Potatoes in order to keep off blight. Soda 

 is used instead of lime, and the proportions are: 6 Ib. sulphate of 

 copper, /-J- Ib. washing soda, 50 gallons of water. 



Burning Bush, Dictamnus Fraxinella. 



Butcher's Broom (Ruscus). A good shade plant. Ruscus 

 derives from bens (Celtic), box, and kelem, holly; and the plant is 

 also called the Box Holly. The Butcher's Brooms belong to the 

 order Liliaceae, and grow about a foot high. They are grown as 

 foliage plants. 



Butomus umbellatus (Flowering Rushj. See Flower Garden 

 Water plants. 



Butterbur, Petasites vulgaris. 



Buttercup, Ranunculus bulbosus, etc. 



