Encyclopaedia of Gardening 119 



Sweet Peas, charming in clumps, and easily raised from seed outdoors. 

 Tulips, make glowing masses of colour in spring from bulbs planted 



in autumn. 

 Wallflowers, sweet and cheerful old flowers, raised from seed sown 



outdoors in June. 



The foregoing are, however, only a few of the many kinds of plants 

 which may be used in herbaceous borders, and the following tables, 

 giving the principal points about the best herbaceous plants, may 

 be useful; very dwarf kinds are omitted, as more suitable for the 

 rockery : 



KIND. 



Achillea, The Pearl 

 Anemone Pulsatilla 

 Antirrhinums 



Anthericums 

 Aquilegia (Columbine) 

 Armeria cephalotes 

 Aster Alpinus 



,, Amellus 



,, dumosus 

 Campanula carpathica 



muralis 



Centaurea montana 

 Corydalis nobilis 

 Delphinium nudicaule 

 Dielytra spectabilis 



formosa 



Dodecatheon (American Cowslip) 

 Doronicum austriacum 

 Erigeron speciosus 

 Fuiikia grandiflora 

 Gentiana Andrewsi 

 Geranium Endressi 



,, Lancastriense 

 ,, sanguineum 

 Geum coccineum 

 Gillenia trifoliata 

 Hemerocallis 

 Lobelia cardinalis 



fulgens 



Lychnis Viscaria fl. pi. 

 Meconopsis Cambrica (Welsh 



Poppy) 



Monarda didyma (Bergamot) 

 Morina longifolia 

 Orobus aurantius 

 Papaver nudicaule (Iceland Poppy) 

 Plumbago Larpentae 

 Polemonium Richardsoni 



