XXXIII 



ST. JOHN'S WORTS 



Hypencum calycinum 



Hypericum Androscemum 



elatum 



hircinum . 



Hookerianum 



triflorum - 



chinensis . 



patulum . 



The "Rose of Sharon," the "Ter- 

 restrial Sun/' " Aaron's Beard " 

 Large-flowered Hypericum 

 " Tutsan. " " Park Leaves " 

 Tall St. John's Wort 

 Stinking St. John's Wort, or Goat- 

 scented St. John's Wort 

 Hooker's St. John's Wort 

 Three-flowered St. John's Wort 

 Chinese St. John's Wort 

 Japanese St. John's Wort 

 Moserianum (hybrid) H. calycinum xH. patulum 



uralum j, . . " Nepalese Tutsan," or the "-Myrtle- 

 leaved" St. John's Wort 

 aureum . . . The Golden St. John's Wort 



A summer draws on the golden-flowered St. John's 

 Worts take their place in the ranks of the flower- 

 ing shrubs, companioned by the white, purple 

 and red of the daisy bush (Olearia Haastii) and various 

 spiraeas and veronicas. As one passes this genus in re- 

 view there seems to be an endless variety of species, and 

 though a few outstand, for the most part the differences 

 are so superficial and minute that confusion waits 

 upon him who would know them without a special 

 study. But since there is often so little to choose 



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