MY GARDEN 



to see over the wall, and her surprising length is too 

 scantily clothed for beauty. H. mollis is a pretty good 

 Sunflower, of more moderate height, and bears large 

 yellow flowers, which contrast pleasantly with the 

 grayish foliage. 



The Heleniums or Sneezeweeds are, as a class, better 

 than the Sunflowers. Indeed some of them are very 

 beautiful with their flowers of Indian-red, russet, and 

 gold. I know of few late flowers more effective than H . 

 Striatum var. autumnale rubrum, in its rich autumn 

 colouring. Riverton Gem also has this rich colouring, 

 and both are most effective in bold groups against a wall 

 covered with Clematis panticulata and with masses of 

 lavender and purple hardy Asters as neighbours. H. 

 Riverton Beauty has rays of pure lemon-yellow with a 

 purple-black disc. These all grow from four feet to five 

 feet tall and form strong, bushy clumps of good up- 

 standing habit, which require frequent division. There 

 is a form called H. pumilum var. magnificum, which is 

 much dwarfer, growing only about eighteen inches tall 

 and bearing yellow flowers. H. Hoopesii starts to 

 bloom late in June, but I think that in this month of 

 rare and exquisite flowers we have no need of the 

 coarser bloom of the Heleniums. The Heleniums asso- 

 ciate well together and with most of the warm-toned 

 flowers of the late summer and autumn, such as Mari- 

 golds, Snapdragons, Gladiolus brenchleyensis, Tritomas, 

 hardy Asters, and others. 



