114 HARDY PEREXXIAL I'LAXTS. 



Gratiola aurea. (Hedge Hyssop). A pretty, hardy North American 

 plant with bright yellow flowers. It thrives in rich moist soil, but treated as 

 an aquatic it does still better. 



Gilknia trifoliata. (Bowman's Root). The reddish stems bear handsomely 

 cut foliage and slender panicles of white flowers, sometimes tinged with rose. 

 The branches of the panicles are so slender that at a little distance the long 

 petaled flowers appear to be floating in the air. Two to three feet. 



Gypsopbila paniculata. A most beautiful hardy perennial and forms a 

 mass, as broad as tall, of thread-like stems, with abundant small white flowers. 

 Very graceful. Midsummer to early autumn. Two to three feet. 



Helianthus Maximiliani. A large growing, free-flowering species which 

 remains in bloom until late in autumn, and is not injured by ordinary frosts. 

 Should be placed where it can have abundant room. Six to eight feet. 



H. mollis. (Downy Sunflower). A downy white-leaved sort from 

 Tennessee, with large heads of deep yellow flowers. Two to three feet. 



H. orgyalis. (Graceful Sunflower). Flowers three to four inches diam- 

 eter, produced in great abundance. Leaves long and narrow and very smooth. 

 The habit of this species is erect and very graceful. Six to ten feet. 



Hemerocallis aurantinca major. A new Japanese variety of vigorous habit 

 and free blooming. The lar-^e trumpet-shaped flowers are of a deep orange 

 color, the best of all the Day Lilies. Supposed to be a natural hybrid. 



H. Dumortieri. (Day Lily). A most beautiful and useful plant, with long, 

 broad, radical leaves, and clusters of Lily-like flowers of a soft, rich yellow, 

 exterior bronzy orange; of great substance and deliciously fragrant. 



H. flava. One of the very best hardy perennials, and should be found in 

 every garden. Golden yellow, very fragrant flowers on stems two and one-half 

 feet high. 



H. Kwanso varicgata. Has broad, beautifully variegated foliage; very 

 ornamental even when not in bloom. 



Hypericum pyramidalis. (Great vSt. John's "Wort). Three to five feet. A 

 robust species, with flowers two to three inches across, which apoear in sum- 

 mer; very showy and fine for borders. 



Iris orientalis. Fine, ornamental foliage; rich, violet-blue flowers. 



/, versicolor. (Blue Flag). A strong growing species, two feet high; with 

 violet-blue flowers, with white and purple veins. 



Lobelia cardinalis. (Cardinal Flower). One of the finest scarlet flowered 

 hardy plants, of easy culture in any moist soil. 



L. syphilitica. (Great Blue Lobelia). Grows in similar situations with the 

 above, and, like that, is well worth cultivating. It has larger flowers than 

 cardinalis, of a clear blue color of varying shades. 



Liliiim superhum. Flowers bright orange, with dark purple spots; fine for 

 naturalizing in moist spots or planting among low growing shrubs. 



