HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS 



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which, if rather too expensive for 

 the majority of people, may appeal 

 to some. 



Heuchera sanguined. A beautiful plant with 

 rosy red flowers, well worth specialis- 

 ing. There are several varieties of it, 

 all pleasing and graceful. 



Incarvillea Delavayi. Large, funnel- 

 shaped crimson flowers. 



Inula glandulosa. A beautiful plant, with 

 deep yellow flowers, very striking and 

 handsome. 



Hypericums (St. Johris Worts]. Valuable 

 plants on account of the fact that they 

 thrive in shady positions. They pro- 

 duce yellow flowers. 



Lobelias. Everybody knows the little blue 

 annual Lobelia, which is used for 

 edgings, and is a tender plant. Those 

 now referred to are the tall, hardy 

 kinds, such as cardinalis, red, and 

 syphilitica, blue. They are splendid 

 plants. Several distinct varieties of 

 cardinalis are offered by the nursery- 

 man. 



Lychnis. The best of this genus, which 

 includes the Campion, is perhaps 

 the beautiful double rose kind called 

 Viscaria flore pleno. 



Meconopsis cambrica. This is the yellow 

 Welsh Poppy. 



Monarda didyma. This is the perfumed 

 Bergamot. The flowers are red. 



Orobus aurantius. A useful yellow flower. 



Ourisia coccinea (Bear's Ear). A very 

 distinct and pretty little plant, with red 

 flowers. 



Physalis (Winter Cherry], Handsome on 

 account of the bright coral or scarlet 

 calyxes or pods, which are the finest 

 in the species Francheti. 

 Potentillas (Cinquefoils). Dwarf plants, 

 with leaves much resembling those of 

 Strawberries, and bright and varied 

 flowers, both single and double. 



Polemonium caeruleum. The blue Lung- 

 wort, a very pretty plant. 



Primula japonica. A beautiful plant, with 

 flowers of deep rose or crimson, borne 

 in tiers (whorls). It loves the water- 

 side. Denticulata, lilac, is also a 

 pretty Primula. 



Ranunculus aconitifolius plenus (Fair 

 Maids of France). White. 



Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodroof). A 

 distinct and attractive plant, with white 

 flowers. 



Saxifragas. Most of these are rockery 

 plants, but granulata, white, can be 

 grown in the herbaceous border with 

 advantage. 



Scabious. The species caucasica, which 

 has large, single, flattish, pale blue 

 flowers, should be grown, as it is 

 extremely beautiful. 



Senecio pulcher. A very beautiful plant, 

 with purplish-rose flowers. 



Spiraeas. The Spiraeas (Meadow Sweets) 

 are really shrubs, but several of them, 

 and particularly palmata, red, are used 

 in herbaceous borders. 



Statices. Several of these are desirable 

 plants, and one of the best of them 

 is latifolia, which has blue flowers. 



Thalictrum anemonoides (Meadow Rue). 

 Pink flowers. 



Tiarella cordifolia (Foam Flower). Beau- 

 tiful, feathery heads of white flowers. 

 Likes a shady position. 



Tradescantia virginica (Spiderworf). Blue 

 a pretty plant with slender leaves. 

 There is also a white form. 



Trillium grandiflorum (American Wood 

 Lily). A beautiful white flower, lov- 

 ing shade. Bulb-dealers supply it in 

 autumn. 



Trollius (Globe Flower). Bright and cheer- 

 ful plants, flowering in late spring. 

 Europaeus, the best-known species, 

 has pale yellow flowers, but there 

 are several forms of it. Asiaticus, an- 

 other well-known kind, has also yellow 

 flowers, but of a deeper shade, and 

 there is an orange-coloured form of it. 



