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RUDBECKIA SAGINA. 



Eudbeckia fulgida (Glowing Cone- 

 flower). Another showy kind, 2 ft. 

 and upwards in height. Flowers, late 

 in summer ; 2 to nearly 3 in. across ; 

 florets of the ray nearly ^ in. long, 

 orange-yellow, darker in the middle, 

 unequal, spreading, 3-toothed ; disk 

 conical, purplish. Leaves, alternate, 

 rough, those of the root oblong- lanceo- 

 late ; lower stem-leaves toothed, upper 

 ones entire and almost sessile. Stems 

 rough, branching, tinged with red. 



North America. Warm borders, in 



good dry loam. Division and seed. 



Eudbeckia hirta (Hairy Cone-flower). 

 A showy, rough, hairy herb, 2 to 

 3 ft. high. Flowers, in summer ; 

 yellow, 3 to 4 in. across ; disk dark 

 purplish-brown. Leaves, lower ones 

 spoon-shaped or oval, 3 -nerved ; upper 

 ones stalkless, oblong or lance-shaped, 

 toothed. North America. Bor- 

 ders, bare banks, naturalization in 

 thin woods or margins of shrubberies, 

 in ordinary soil. Division or seed. 



Eudbeckia laciniata (Cut-leaved Cone- 

 ftower). A showy perennial, 2 to 3^ ft. 

 high. Flowers, in summer; bright 

 pale yellow, 3 to 4 in. across ; disk 

 greenish - yellow, conical. Leaves, 

 rough, clothed with small hairs, par- 

 ticularly at the edges, lower ones 5- to 

 7 -parted ; divisions 3-lobed, or some- 

 times cut ; upper ones irregularly 

 parted. R. digitata (Newmanii, Hort.) 

 is a variety with the divisions of the 

 lower leaves pinnatifid. North Ame- 

 rica. Borders, and naturalization, 



in sandy loam. Division and seed. 



Eudbeckia speciosa (Showy Cone- 

 flower). A rough, harry, and showy 

 plant, 1^ to 3 ft. high. Flowers, late 

 in summer ; orange -yellow, 3 to 4 in. 

 across ; disk blackish-purple,somewhat 

 globose in fruit, about two-thirds of 

 an inch long. Leaves, roughish, hairy, 

 irregularly toothed, upper ones stalk- 

 less, lance-shaped; lower ones oval- 

 lance-shaped, stalked, 3-nerved ; root- 



leaves somewhat like the common 



Plantain. North America. Borders, 



margins of shrubberies, or naturaliza- 

 tion in thin woods or copses, in any 

 rather sandy soil. Division and seed. 



Eudbeckia triloba (Three-lnbed Cone- 

 flower). A vigorous kind, ') to 5 ft. 

 high. Flowers, in summer ; yellow, 

 2 to 3 in. across, 8 florets in a head ; 

 disk blackish-purple or deep brown. 

 Leaves, lower ones 3-parted, coarsely 

 toothed, upper undivided ; root-leaves 

 on slender stalks ; those of the stem 

 stalkless, somewhat hairy. North 



America. Borders, bare banks, by 



wood-walks, or naturalization in open 

 woods, in ordinary soil. Division or 

 seed. 



Rum ex Hydrolapathum ( Water Dock). 

 A huge plant, common in ditches 

 and by the edges of streams in many 

 parts of Britain ; stem 4 to 5 ft. high, 

 slightly branched. Flowers, in sum- 

 mer ; greenish, in a long, dense pani- 

 cle, leafy at the base. Leaves, lance- 

 shaped or oblong, usually pointed, flat 

 or slightly curled at the margins ; root- 

 leaves 2 to 3 ft. long, and 4 in. broad in 

 the middle, narrowing into a long 

 erect footstalk. Europe and Russian 



Asia. An isolated tuft of this looks 



very well on the margin of a stream, 

 pond, or lake, and may be effectively 

 introduced in any marshy or wet place 

 in or near the subtropical garden. 

 Division. 



Sagina glabra, var. Corsica (Lawn 

 Pearlwort). Spergula pilifera. A 

 neat little alpine plant, moss-like in 

 size and well-known from having been 

 much recommended and often tried as 

 a lawn plant, 2 or 3 in. high. Flowers, 

 in summer ; small, white, double the 

 size of the calyx; sepals oblong, 

 obtuse. Leaves, linear-awl-shaped, 

 pointed. Stem half woody, sending 

 out a great number of prostrate creep- 

 ing branches from which spring erect 

 flower-stalks. Alps of Dauphiuy and 



