1.1b HELIPTERUM 



kinds are annual herbs (or grown as such), of easiest 

 cultivation in any garden soil. Fls. mostly perfect, with 

 5-toothe(l open corollas: akenes woolly, bearing a pap- 

 pus of many plumose bristles : involucre glabrous, obo- 

 vate or top-shaped, silvery or rose-colored: plants 

 mostly glabrous. This and Helichrysum are amongst 

 the most important of everlasting flowers. 

 A. Bfads large, many-flowered. 

 B. Lvs, broad. 

 Manglesii, MaeU.{ Rhoddnthe Mdnglesii, Lindl. Hoc- 

 ciirdia Mihiglesii, Voas). Fig. 1033. Neat glaucous an- 

 nual, 12-18 in. tall, with very slender, long pedicels, 

 bearing pretty nodding heads: lvs. thin, oval orelliptic, 

 clasping: involucre silvery-chaffy, the ray florets origi- 

 nally clear, handsome pink, but now varying to -white 

 (li. dlhii, Hort.), and to dark red [R. atroaangumea, 

 Drumra.l. Var. maoulitum (7i. macitZtlte, Drumm. Rur- 

 curdia Mdnglesii, var. maciMta, Voss), is usually 

 larger, with shorter lvs. and involucre flecked with v.\ : 

 rays pink or white. Austral. B.R. 20:1703. -A cli.un. 

 ing plant, and one of the few everlastings which ntaiiis 

 much of its grace and beauty after being dried. There 

 are double-fld. forms, i.e., those with all or nearly all 

 the florets ligulate. Excellent also for pot culture. 

 Seeds of the mixed vars. are sometimes sold under the 

 name Rliodanthe varins. 



BB. Lf 



rdseum, Benth. {Arro 

 cUnium roseum. Hool 

 Boccdrdia rdsea, Voss). 

 Fig. 1034. Annual, 1-2 ft. 

 high, glabrous, with many 

 strict simple branches 



HELLEBORUS 



such), erect or with a decumbent base, the stems some- 

 what branching: lvs. (and stems) white-tomenlose, 

 linear or lance-linear, pointed, alternate: heads small, 

 oblong, yellow, in a dense corymbose truss. Australia. 

 B.M. 5.i50. 



corymbifldnim, Schlecht. {Boccdrdia con/mbifldra, 

 Voss). Annual, lower than the last, more branchy: lvs. 

 broader: heads 2-3 times larger, top-shaped, in small 

 corymbs, the prominent rays white. Australia. 



HELLEBOKE. See Jldleborus. 



HELLfiBORUS (ancient name of M. orientalin, meau- 

 ingunknown). Baiiuncul&ce.if. Hardy herbaceous per- 

 ennials, about 8 species, natives uf Europe and western 

 Asia. Erect, with large palmately divided lvs., the ba- 

 sal long-petioled, the upper .«essile and sometimes re- 

 ilur, d to bracts: fls. large, white, greenish, red, purple, 

 I- M llowish; sepals 5, broad, petal-like, mainly persis- 

 ts ni; petals small, tubular, furnished with claws; sta- 

 in, in many ; carpels 3-10, sessile, forming leathery, 

 liiaiiy-^iedeil capsules, dehiscent at the apex. 



.Ml ilic kinds will thrive in ordinary garden soil, but 

 lor thr lii^t irsults use a soil of rich loam and coarse 

 sand, wiih a tiip-dressing of rotten manure. A moist, 

 well-drainrd, partially shaded situation is preferable. 

 The species may be planted in shrubbery holders, and 

 in rockeries, or if wanted for cut-flowers they should be 

 planted in beds. An important point is not to disturb 

 the plants when once established, as they are very sen- 

 sitive to frequent changes of location. All the species 

 bloom before spring arrives; a few mild days in Decem- 

 ber or January will bring out the buds of '~ 



and til 

 easily forced und. 

 up into large int 

 perature. Bios-, 

 time desired in » 

 spring; but if .st- 

 if planted immed 



They are 



.' plants should betaken 

 inured to a warm tcm- 

 .■ lirouirht forth at any 

 >t by division in tailor 



late well 

 ly in pans or in rich, open ground. 

 Seedlings should bear flowers the third season. Mono- 

 graphs by J. G. Baker in G.C. II. 7:432 (1877 and by 

 Thos. Moore in G.C. II. 11:431 (1879). 



A. Lvs. dying annually, thi». 



viridis, Linn. Stem scapose: rootstock creeping: 1 

 basal leaf 8-12 in. broad, on petiole 6-10 in. long; seg- 

 ments 7-11, oblong, acute, sharply serrate : fl.-stem 

 hardly exceeding the basal leaf, bearing .3-C fls. and 

 large, leaf-like bracts: fls. large, yellowish green; se- 

 pals broadly oblong, obtuse, spreading: capsules about 

 4, as long as the sepals, transversely ribbed ; style 

 erect. Eu. Nat. in eastern .states. G.C. II. 25:553.- 

 Not so much used as the other species here given. 



Var. purpuriscens, Waldst. & Kit. Differs chiefly in 

 the central leaf-segments being deeply palmately cleft, 

 and the fls. much tinged with purple, especially on the 

 outside. Hungary. B.M. 3170. 



AA. Lvs. evergreen, coriaceous. 

 B. Flower-stem never more than once forked: fls. 1 or t. 



nlger, Ijinn. Christmas Rose. Fig. 10.S6. Stemless: 

 rootstock short, black : only 1 leaf somewhat irregularly 

 divided into lobes, toothed on the outer halt ; petiole 

 5-7 inches long: flower-stem simple or once branched: 

 fls. very large; sepals white, or flushed with purple: 

 capsules C-S. Rocky places, Eu. B.M. 8. Gn. 55, p. 13. 



Var. anguatifdliua, Hort. (var. »«) nor, Hort.). Plant 

 and leaf similar, but fls. small. Very pretty. G. C. II. 

 21:85, and 111.21:19. 



Var. altlfdlius, Hayne (var. mdjor, Hort. Var. »irf«- 

 »ii(.<,Hort.). Petiole reaching 1 ft. in length: fls. the 

 largest in the genus, .3-5 in. across, and often several 

 on same stem. Gn. 14:142; 48:1021. G. C. II. 20:093. 

 A. G. 11:63. 



Floive 



■ forked S i 



rongly raised veins 1 



r Slimes: fls. several 



short creeping rootstock: 

 iieuts G in. long, lH-2 in. 

 Iter half, pubescent, with 

 petiole 1 ft. long: flower- 



