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BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS 



PLANTS OF MEDIUM HEIGHT 



Achillea MilUfolium roseum (Milfoil). A 

 free-flowering plant with pink flowers. 



Centranthus ruber ( Valerian}. This is 

 the plant sometimes seen growing wild 

 on railway embankments; the flowers 

 are in various shades of red. There 

 is also a white Valerian. 



Coreopsis. There are several good species 

 of this genus, notably lanceolata and 

 grandiflora, both of which are yellow 

 flowered. 



Echinops Ritro, A plant with metallic 

 flowers, blue in colour, and much 

 resembling an Eryngium. 



Eryngiums (Sea Hollies), Exceedingly 



distinct plants, with metallic, spiny 



flowers, principally blue in colour. 



There are several species. 

 Geranium pratense, Another of the Crane's 



Bills, with blue flowers. 

 Hemerocallis flava. Another of the Day 



Lilies, with orange flowers. 

 Lychnis, Coronaria, red, and Vespertina 



flore pleno, double white, are two 



good plants. 

 Spiraea filipendula. Free - blooming, 



cream. 



In the above section the flower gardener will also include 

 Campanulas, Irises, Liliums, Paeonies, Phloxes, and Pentstemons, 

 which are dealt with separately. 



TALL PLANTS 



Several very fine plants come into this section. Asters (Michael- 

 mas Daisies) and Helianthuses (Sunflowers) have already been 

 dealt with. 



Acanthus mollis (Bear's Breech\ A good 

 plant with purple and white flowers, 

 but perhaps most remarkable on ac- 

 count of its very distinct and hand- 

 some foliage. 



Aconitum (Monk's-hood}, A plant of grim 

 and evil repute, owing to the extremely 

 poisonous nature of its roots, never- 

 theless very handsome, with its tall 

 stems of dark-blue flowers. 



Bocconia cordata (Plume Poppy] A very 



distinct and handsome plant, with 

 broad, spreading foliage, and tall 

 spikes of cream-coloured flowers. 



Boltonia asteroides. An autumn-blooming 

 plant with pale lilac flowers; very 



closely resembling a Michaelmas Daisy. 

 It blooms freely. 



Dictamnus albus (Burning Busk). A tall 

 white perennial, the stems of which 

 bear an inflammable resin, that ignites 

 if a light is put to it. The variety 

 Fraxinella is purple. 



Epilobium angustifolium ( Willow Herb). 

 A tall and graceful plant with red 

 flowers, doing well near water. 



Eremurus. The Eremuri are stately and 

 beautiful plants, the flower stems of 

 which rise five or six feet high. 

 Robustus, pink, and himalaicus, white, 

 are both very fine. 



Galegas (Goat's Rues). Very free-flowering 



