BORDER PLANTS 55 



a hybrid between the two species himalaicus and robus- 

 tus, and has pale pink or blush-coloured flowers. Warei 

 is a new species from Turkestan, late-blooming and with 

 fawn-coloured flowers. Flower-lovers will gladly find 

 places for improved forms of these notable plants. It 

 is well to set them in sheltered places, so that they may 

 not be harassed by cold, cutting winds. They enjoy a 

 moist and fertile soil ; dry, shallow ground does not suit 

 them. The root-stocks are remarkable, and as they are 

 brittle they should be handled carefully and not twisted 

 in planting. 



ERIGERONS. Aurantiacus, Coulteri, mucronatus, 

 Roylei, speciosus and superbus are all good medium- 

 height border plants. 



FUCHSIA. Several kinds are worth planting in mild 

 places, notably gracilis, macrostema and Riccartoni. 



GrAILLARDIA. This plant holds its own in the garden, 

 but there is little reason to suppose that it will be subjected 

 to an active progress of development. It has a place in 

 the border because of its free blooming, its duration, and 

 its cheerful colours ; but the flowers have not sufficient 

 intrinsic quality to encourage the expectation that they 

 will ever become highly specialized. A named variety 

 appears now and then, but the interest which it arouses 

 is only languid, and flower-gardeners seem satisfied with 

 grandiflora and such mixtures of singles and doubles as 

 the seedsmen supply. Lady Rolleston may be mentioned 

 as a good self yellow variety. One great virtue of the 

 Gaillardias is that they will not only thrive in poor soil, 

 but flower profusely even in long spells of dry weather. 

 They come readily from seed sown outside in early 

 summer or under glass in late winter. 



