HERBS 



Hill Nursery Co. These reports agree as to the 6 most 

 popular hardy herbaceous perennials. These are anem- 

 one, hollyhock, larkspur, iris, peony, phlox. The next 

 4 favorites are columbine, poppy, rudbeckia and sun- 

 flower. These are probably the 10 most popular plants 

 of their class in America. To fill out the list to a dozen, 

 one might choose 2 of the following 10: Campanula, 

 chrysanthemum, coreopsis, 

 dianthus, dicentra, eulalia, 

 funkia, gaillardia, hemerocal- 

 lis, pyrethrum. The following 

 list of 12 is selected on a dif- 

 ferent principle by W. C. 

 Egan, who writes that a bed 

 composed of the following 

 will produce flowers from 

 early spring to late fall in 

 the following order: Phlox 

 subulata, lily-of-the-valley, 

 bleeding heart, iris (German 

 and Japanese), peony, lark- 

 spur, platycodon, phlox (tall), 

 rudbeckia Golden Glow, gail- 

 lardia, Boltonia latisquama, 

 sunflower. In the South 

 the 12 most popular 

 kinds would make a 

 very different list. P. 

 J. Berckmans writes 

 that the following are 

 hardy at Augusta, Ga., 

 and are probably most 

 popular in the South: 

 Canna, carnation, chry- 

 santhemum, dahlia, violet, verbena, German iris, Jap- 

 anese iris, funkia, helianthus, phlox, hollyhock. 



An analysis of 4 northern lists gives the following 

 33 as favorites of the second rank. The agreement 

 would have been much closer if bulbs, grasses and 

 subshrubs had been excluded: 



Achillea, Gaillardia, Monarda, 



Aconitiim, Geranium, (Enothera, 



Alyssum, Gypsophila, Platycodon, 



Aselepias, Helenium, Ranunculus, 



Aster, Helleborus, Sedum, 



Astilbe, Heuehera, Silene, 



Boltonia, Hibiscus, Spiraea, 



Campanula, Iberis, Statice, 



Dicentra, Kniphofia, Trollius, 



Dictamnus, Lobelia, Veronica, 



Digitalis, Lychnis, Vinca. 



W. M. 



SELECTIONS FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES. The following 

 lists are intended to be suggestive, not complete (not 

 all of them in Amer. trade) : 



1. For shady places. Only those which really need 

 shade are here mentioned. Other important kinds suc- 

 ceed in full sunlight and also in partial shade. 



A. Requiring deep shade. 

 Anemone alpina, Cortusa Matthioli, 



dichotoma, Hepatica, 



nemorosa, Horminum Pyrenaicum, 



sylvestris, Ourisia coccinea (stiff soil). 



AA. Requiring partial shade. 

 Actea, Liparis, 



Adonis, Lychnis fulgens, 



Anemone Apennina, " Haageana, 



,! Caroliniana, Omphalodes Luciliaa, 



ranuneuloides, 



HERBS 



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1052. A good subject- 

 Yucca filamentosa. 



Arisaema, 

 Arnebia eehioides, 

 Arum Italic urn, 



maculatum, 

 Calypso (moist), 

 Goodyera, 

 Habenaria, 

 Helleborus, 



verna, 

 Orchis spectabilis, 

 Phlox divaricata, 

 Ramondia, 



Ranunculus aconitifolius, 

 Saxifraga, 

 Tiarella, 

 Trillium. 



2. For dry places. The following will endure ex- 

 tremely dry locations, and are therefore desirable for 

 naturalization. They can endure neglect and drought: 



Alyssiim, Draba. 



Antennaria, Erinus alpinus, 



Aselepias tuberosa, Genista sagittalis, 



Carlina, Helianthemum, 



Cheiranthus alpinus, Linaria, 



Dianthus arenarius, Reseda glauca. 



The following are desirable for dry situations, but are 

 not as hardy in this respect as the preceding: 



A. Blooming 

 .^Ethionema, 

 Anemone Caroliniana, 



nemorosa, 



Pulsatilla, 

 Cerastium, 

 Daphne Cneorum, 

 Erysimum, 



AA. Blooming 

 Anthemis, 

 Aquilegia, 

 Arenaria, 

 Aster amellus, 

 Campanula, 

 Coronilla Iberica, 

 Cytisus, 

 Dictamnus, 

 Eryngium, 

 Euphorbia corollata, 



in spring. 



Hepatica, 



Iberis, 



Iris pumila, 



Lotus corniculatus, 



Saxifraga, 



Peony, 



Phlox (creeping). 



in summer. 



Galtonia, 



Gypsophila, 



Heliopsis, 



Hieracium, 



Inula, 



Iris Germanica, 



Ononis, 



Pyrethrum Tchihatchewi, 



Statice, 



Yucca. 



AAA. Blooming in autumn. 



Aster, Erodium, 



Calandrinia, . Eulalia, 



Callirhoe, Geranium Ibericum, etc., 



Cassia, Helianthemum, 



Centaurea dealbata, Linum, 



Coronilla varia, (Enothera, 



Corydalis, Platycodon, 



Desmodium, Sedum. 



3. For moist and wet places. In the following sub- 

 groups those marked with a star (*) demand the treatment 

 indicated ; the others will also thrive with a less degree 

 of moisture: 



A. Near the water's edge. 



Acorus, Monarda didyma, 



Anemone Apennina, Myosotis, 



rivularis, Polygonum amphibium. 



Virginiana, Sachalinense, 



*Butomus, *Ranuneulus aquaticus, 



*Calla palustris, 

 *Carex riparia, 

 Iris pseudacorus, 

 laevigata, 



Typha. 



fluitans, 

 hederaceus, 



A A. 



Achillea Ptarmica fl. pi., 



Aconitum, 



Anemone alpina, 



palmata, 

 * Arenaria Balearica, 



Arissema, 



Arnica, 



Arundo, 



Astilbe, 



Boltonia, 

 *Cardamine pratense fl.pl., 



Chelone, 



Cimicifuga, 

 *Corydalis solida, 



Dodecatheon, 



Funkia, 



Moist grounds. 



Helenium, 

 Lobelia, 

 Ly thrum, 

 Mertensia, 

 Phlox divaricata, 

 Podophyllum Emodi, 

 Polygonatum, 

 Polygonum, 

 Primula, 



Pyrethrum uliginosum, 

 *Saxifraga rivularis, 

 urnbrosa, 

 Virginiensis, 

 Spiraea, 

 Trillium, 

 Trollius. 



4. For carpets and edgings. The following are all 

 more or less low and dense: 



A. Blooming in spring 



.asthionema, 



Ajuga, 



Alyssum, 



Arabis, 



Armeria (spring to fall) , 



Asperula, 



Aubrietia, 



Daphne, 



Erysimum, 



Heuehera (spring to fall), 



Iberis, 



Lotus corniculatus, 



Phlox amoena, 



reptans, 



subulata, 

 Polemonium, 

 Viola eornuta (spring to 

 fall). 



AA. Blooming in summer. 



Achillea Clavenae, Hieracium, 



Arenaria, Saponaria, 



Aster alpinus, Silene acaulis. 

 Campanula (dwarf), alpestris, 



Dianthus, Elisabethae. 



AAA, Blooming in autumn. 



Achillea aurea, Ceratostigma Larpentse, 



Armeria, Silene Shaftae, 



Erodium, Tunica Saxifraga, 



Helianthemum, Viola eornuta. 

 Heuehera, 



