48 Making a Garden of Perennials 



pink Elizabeth Campbell is fine; on light 

 soils, well drained, the creeping forms are 

 desirable. 



Pyrethrum 



The hybrids of P. roseum have hand- 

 some, daisy-like flowers in white and vari- 

 ous shades of pink, up to red, in single 

 and semi-double forms, but they seldom 

 live long. A raised bed suits them best. 

 P. uliginosum, the giant white daisy, is 

 fine in damp situations. 



Rudbeclcia 



This genus includes the well-known 

 golden glow and R. nitida var. Autumn 

 Sun, growing five feet high. It bears at- 

 tractive primrose yellow flowers. The 

 giant purple coneflower, often classed as 

 a rudbeckia, is really an Echinacea, grow- 

 ing three or more feet tall, bearing reddish 

 purple flowers and is very attractive in 

 groups bordering a woods or shrubbery 



