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GYPSOPHILA HELENIUM. 



spreading. Siberia and Sicily. 



Borders, and naturalization in any 

 dryish soil. Seed or division. 



Gypsophila repens (Creeping G.} A 

 dwarf and neat species ; 3 to 6 in. high. 

 Flowei-s, in summer ; reddish, few, on 

 bifid or trifid stalks ; segments of the 

 calyx with a dark green purple line 

 along the middle, and a white edge ; 

 petals flat, slightly narrowed towards 

 the base and notched. Leaves, glau- 

 cous, lanceolate-linear-acute, thick, 

 stalkless, not quite an inch long, and 

 narrow. Stems creeping, branched ; 

 with simple, erect branches, reddish at 



the j oints. Alps of Europe. Borders, 



the rock-garden, or ruins, in ordinary 

 soil. Seed and division. 



Gypsophila scorzoneraefolia (Scor- 

 zonera-leaved G.) 1 to 3 ft. high. 

 Flowers, from July to August and 

 sometimes later; numerous, white, a 

 little larger than those of 0. panicu- 

 lata, and in less diffuse panicles, the 

 ramifications of which are slightly vis- 

 cid. Leaves, lanceolate-acute, half stem- 

 clasping, with 3 to 5 veins. The Crimea. 



Borders, or naturalization, in any 



dryish soil. Seed or division. 



Gypsophila Steveni (Steven's G.} 

 Somewhat resembling G. paniculata, 

 but of much smaller dimensions, and 

 of a rather glaucous hue ; 1 ft. to 20 in. 

 high. Flowers, from July to August, 

 and sometimes later ; white, some- 

 what larger than those of G. paniculata, 

 but not so numerous, in a slightly 

 spreading, almost corymbose, panicle. 

 Leaves, almost all radical, linear- 

 lanceolate. Stems branching chiefly 



at the top. Germany. Borders, 



in ordinary soil. Division. 



[Other hardy species of interesting 

 habit, and producing a profusion of 

 small white flowers, are : G.dichotoma, 

 G. glauca (acutifolia), G. saligna, and j 

 G. sabulosa. All flourish in ordinary, i 

 dry, light or calcareous soil.] 



Hedysarum coronarium (French 

 Honeysuckle). A handsome and popu- 

 lar old garden plant ; 3 to 4 ft. high. 

 Flowers, in summer ; fine red, in ovate 

 spikes, crowded; legumes smooth, 

 with prickly joints. Leaves, impari- 

 pinnate ; leaflets in 3 to 6 pairs, 

 roundish, downy beneath and on the 

 margins. Stems spreading, hollow, 



smooth. There is a white form. 



Borders, in ordinary soil. It is usually 

 a biennial, but comes up abundantly 

 from self-sown seed. Seed. 



Hedysarum obscurum (Creeping' 

 rooted H.} A brilliant and compact 

 perennial ; 6 to 12 in. high. Flowers, 

 in summer ; showy, purple, about 

 | in. long, on short stalks, produced 

 in racemes ; bracts longer than flower- 

 stalks ; legumes pendulous, smooth. 

 Leaves, imparipinnate ; leaflets in 5 to 9 

 pairs, ovate, smooth, on short stalks. 

 Stems erect. Alps from Austria to 

 Provence. The rock-garden, bor- 

 ders, and naturalization, amongst 

 vegetation not more than a foot high, 

 chiefly on banks and slopes, in sandy 

 loam. Division or seed. 



Helenium atropurpureum (DarJc- 

 purple H.} A richly-blooming peren- 

 nial ; 24 to 34 ft. high. Floivtrs, 

 late in summer ; of a purplish black, 

 variegated, somewhat like those of 

 Calliopsis tinctoria marmora'a, loosely 

 arranged in heads of medium size, 

 exhaling an agreeable odour. Leaves, 

 alternate, linear - lanceolate. Texas. 



Borders, or in beds or groups of the 



finer perennials, in light, rich well' 

 drained soil. Division or seed. 



Helenium autumnale (Smooth H.) 

 A showy perennial, 4 to 6 ft. high. 

 Flowers, in August, continuing till de- 

 stroyed by frost ; yellow, resembling 

 those of a Sun-flower, but smaller; rays 

 long, deeply cut into 4 or 5 segments. 

 Leaves, smooth, lance-shaped, on sub- 

 decurrent or winged stalks, 3 or 4 in. 

 long and 4 in. broad in the centre. 



