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HER ACLEUM HEUCHER A. 



bent in, not notched ; pedicels rough. 

 Leaves, rough from hairs, pinnate ; 

 leaflets ovate or oblong, serrate. 



Dauphiny to Siberia. Banks of 



rivers and ponds, where effective foli- 

 age is desired, in ordinary soil. Seed, 

 to be sown as soon as ripe ; most of the 

 kinds come freely from self-sown 



Heracleum persicum (Persian Cow- 

 parsnip.) 6 ft. high and upwards. 

 flowers, in summer ; small, whitish, 

 numerous, in regular umbels of enor- 

 mous size ; the upper ones being 16 in. 

 across, and sometimes more ; petals 

 very small, oboval, faintly notched. 

 Leaves, of the root very large, slightly 

 downy underneath, smooth above, 

 pinnate, with 3 to 4 pairs of lanceo- 

 late-acute distant segments, of a 

 dark-green hue, afterwards brownish ; 

 stem-leaves smaller, with broadly- 

 sheathing stalks. Persia. Similar 



positions to those for the preceding, 

 but in drier soil. Seed. 



Heracleum pubescens (Downy Cow- 

 parsnip). Still larger in its propor- 

 tions than the foregoing kinds ; 6 4 ft. 

 to nearly 10 ft. high. Flowers, in 

 summer ; small, yellowish-white, in 

 umbels, about 1 ft. in diameter. 

 Leaves, very large, smooth above, 

 somewhat rough underneath, pinnate, 

 with oval, pointed, closely-placed seg- 

 ments ; the intermediate segments 3- 



lobed. Caucasus and Tauria. In 



rich bottoms, or by margins of water, 

 or wherever very imposing foliage is 

 desired. Seed and division. 



Heracleum Wilhelmsii ( Wilhelm's 

 Cow-parsnip) . An imposing kind, 6 \ ft. 

 and upwards in height. Flowers, in 

 summer; whitish, in large umbels, 

 10 in. to 1 ft. in diameter. Leaves, 

 very large, downy and wrinkled when 

 young, pinnate ; lateral segments lan- 

 ceolate-acute, distant ; terminal one 



entire and larger. Siberia. Similar 



uses to the preceding. 



Hesperis matronalis (Dame's Violet) 

 A popular old garden plant, with 

 spear-shaped leaves indented at their 

 edges, and erect, slightly-branched 

 stems, 1 to 2 ft. high or more. Flowers, 

 in early summer ; deep purple, sweet- 

 scented, produced in terminal ra- 

 cemes ; petals roundish, notched at 

 the tops. Leaves, 2 or 3 in. long, 

 ovate-lanceolate, toothed. There are 

 several double kinds, white, purple, 

 and streaked, all sweet and very hand- 

 some border - flowers. Europe, and 

 said to be a native plant, but probably 



not truly so. The single kind is 



only fitted for naturalization, and will 

 grow anywhere ; the double ones are 

 among the most valuable ornaments 

 of the mixed border ; they love a good 

 sandy moist loam, and will be found 

 to thrive best if divided and carefully 

 replanted in fresh soil every second 

 year soon after flowering. The single 

 kind grows very freely from seed ; the 

 double ones are increased by careful 

 division and cuttings. 



Hesperis tristis (Night - scented 

 Rocket). A. quaint-looking, interest- 

 ing kind ; 9 in. to 2 ft. high. Flowers, in 

 spring or early summer ; varying from 

 a dirty-white to a dull dark-purple, 

 sweet-scented in the night, in termi- 

 nal racemes ; petals oblong, oblique ; 

 pedicels long, spreading, rigid. Leaves, 

 of root, stalked ; stem-leaves sessile, 

 ovate, acute, entire or toothed, smooth 

 orpubescent, pale-green, 2to 4 in. long. 

 Austria, Hungary. Russia, and Tauria. 



This may be established on old 



ruins, in chalk-pits, etc., by sowing 

 the seed in mossy or earthy chinks ; 

 on the level ground it is tender. 



Heuchera glabra (Smooth ff.) 

 A dark-foliaged dwarf perennial, 

 12 to 18 in. high. Flowers, in summer ; 

 small and not ornamental. Leaves. 

 roundish -heart-shaped, acutely 5- tc 

 V-lobed, toothed; staiks amooun, 



