Yellow Flowers 231 



MAY 

 YELLOW PERENNIALS 



ADONIS. Spring (A. vernalis). 6-12 in. Bears large showy yellow 

 flowers, leaves finely divided. Needs a rich moist soil well drained; 

 can be propagated by seeds or division of root. 



ALYSSUM. Rock (A. saxtile, var. compacta). 6-12 in. An excellent 

 border plant making a close spreading growth with its woolly leaves, 

 and bears many clusters of fragrant bright yellow flowers. It thrives 

 best in a sandy gravelly soil, as a wet soil is not adapted to it; yet if too 

 dry the roots wither. It is well to renew every three or four years; 

 propagated by seed, division of the root and cuttings. 



AQUILEGIA, see Columbine. 



COLUMBINE. Golden -spurred (Aquilegia chrysanthd). 3 ft. Bright 

 yellow variety, stems many flowered; one of the best. 



COLUMBINE. Wild or Rock (Aquilegia Canadensis). 1-1$ ft. Yel- 

 low and scarlet; foliage tinted with red. Thrives in its native haunts 

 among rocks and on ledges. 



COLUMBINE (A Calif ornica hybrida). 3-4 ft. Flowers yellow or 

 orange -yellow with long slender orange spurs, leaves bluish green, stems 

 red. A hybrid variety of A. formosa; one of the most beautiful kinds. 



COLUMBINE (A. Jaetschui). 3 ft. A very choice variety with yellow 

 flowers and old rose spurs; handsome glaucus leaves. 



For general culture of the above varieties see Columbine, White 

 Per., May. 



DAFFODIL, see Narcissus. 



ERYSIMUM, HEDGE MUSTARD (E. puchellum). i ft. Makes a very 

 compact growth, and from the dense tuft of foliage rise many-flowered 

 terminal racemes of yellow blossoms. Thrives in a sandy loam; propa- 

 gated by seed or division of the root. 



HYACINTH (Hyacinthus orientalis). i ft. Single varieties Ida and 

 King 0/ the Yellows. Double varieties Goethe and Jaune Supreme. 

 For culture, see Hyacinth, White Per., May. ' 



ICELAND POPPY (Papaver nudicaule). i ft. Single and double va- 

 rieties in bright yellow. See Iceland P., White Per., May. 



IRIS. German (7m Germanica, var. ftavescens). A creamy yellow 

 variety also other named varieties see Iris, Ger., White and Blue 

 Per., May. 



