LIST OF HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS 



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ASTRANTTA, L. 



(Umbelliferce.) 



A. Biebersteinii, FISCH. & MEY. Cau- 

 casus. 



PL, 1895. Hardy. Ht. 24 ft. FL 

 grey; July 2 to Sept. 7. 



A. major, L. Black Masterwort. Europe. 

 PL, 1900. Hardy. Ht. 1 to 14 ft. 

 FL whitish with purplish pink 

 pedicels; June 21 to Aug. 4. 



A. major carinthiaca. 

 PL, 1898. Hardy. 



ATROPA, L. DWALE. 



(Solanacece.) 



A, Belladonna, L. Deadly Nightshade. 



Europe, &c. 

 PL, 1895. Hardy. 



BALLOTA, L. STINKING HOREHOUND. 

 (Labiaioe.) 



B. nigra ruderalis. 



PL, 1905. Hardy. Ht. 14 ft. FL 

 purple; July 2 to Aug. 31. 



B. nigra fol, var. 



PL, 1898. Hardy. Ht. 14 ft. Fl. 

 purple; July 7 to Aug. 11. 



BAPTISIA, VENT. 



(Leguminosce.) 



**B. australis, E. BR. North America. 

 PL, 1895. Hardy. Ht. 44 ft. FL 

 deep blue; June 1 to Aug. 4. 



B. tinctoria, K.BR. Wild Indigo. North 

 America. 



PL, 1895. Hardy. Ht. 2 to 24 ft. 

 FL yellow; July 14 to Aug. 29. 



BELAMACANDA," MGENCH. 



(Iridacece.) 

 *B. punctata, MCENCH. China. 



Syn. Pardanthus sinensis, V. 



Houtte. 



PL, 1895. Hardy. Ht. 3 to 34 ft 

 FL orange spotted with purplish 

 brown; July 3 to Aug. 29. 



BELLIS, L. 



(Composites. 



**B. perennis, L. English Daisy. Eu- 

 rope. 



PL, 1908. Half hardy. Ht. 3 to 6 

 in. FL pink, red, and white ; 

 May and June. 



B, sylvestris, CYR. Mediterranean 



region. 

 PL, 1897. Tender. 



BERKHEYA, EHRH. 



( Composites. ) 



B. purpurea, BENTH. & HOOK. p. South 



Africa. 



Syn. Stobcea purpurea. 

 PL, 1901. Tender. 



BLEPHILIA, RAFIN. 



(Labiates.) 



B. hirsuta, BENTH. North America. 

 PL, 1905. Hardy. Jit. 24 ft. FL 

 lavender; July 3 to Aug. 16. 



BLETIA, RUIZ. & PAY. 



(Owliidacece.) 



***B. hyacinthina, AIT. China; Japan. 

 PL, 1897. Hardy. Ht. 14 ft. FL 

 purple; July 7 to July 18. 



BOCCONIA, PLUM. PLUME POPPY. 

 (Papaveracece.) 



**B. cordata, WILLD. Plume Poppy. 



China and Japan. 

 PL, 1901. Hardy. Ht. 9 ft. Fl. 

 creamy white in bud, buff when 

 opened; July 12 to Aug. 15. 



*B. microcarpa, MAXIM. North China. 

 PL, 1901. Hardy. Ht. 7 ft. FL 

 buff in bud and when open; July 

 13 to Sept. 2. 



BOLTONIA, L'HERIT. 



(Composites.) 



**B. asteroides, L'HERIT. False Star- 

 wort. North America. 



Syn. B. glastifolia, L'Herit. 



PL, 1895. Hardy. Ht. 5 to 6 ft. 

 FL white or purplish, yellow cen- 

 tre; Sept. 19 to Oct 20. 



