NOTEWORTHY PERENNIALS 



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sorts are actually dainty. 

 All the sorts are tones of 

 golden yellow and they 

 are usually tall growers. 

 Of the many sorts we shall 

 mention a few of the best. 



Helianthus Maximilianii 

 is perhaps the tallest one, 

 growing 8 feet and some- 

 times more if the con- 

 ditions are favorable. It is 

 the last one to bloom, 

 flowering as it does in 

 October. Its long stalks 

 are full of small golden 

 yellow flowers. 



H. orgyalis is sometimes 

 called the Graceful Sun- 

 flower because of its nar- 

 row fohage which droops. 

 It has single, lemon-yellow 

 flowers and is another 

 very tall grower. 



H. mollis, or the Hairy 

 Sunflower, grows 4 feet 



tall and has grayish, downy, green leaves, dark stems and pale yellow 

 flowers with dark centers. H. scaherrimus (Woolly Dod) blooms in Sep- 

 tember and has deep yellow flowers with maroon centers. H. decape- 

 talus or H. muUiflorus is one of the most profuse bloomers and, when 

 planted where it may be given a lot of room to spread, is one of the good 

 species, but its powers of usurping garden space eliminates it from 

 the more refined borders. The Autumn Glory {H. angustifolius) 

 has created some comment during the last year. The writer has 

 not seen it, but has heard that it is one of the most graceful small- 

 flowered sorts, that it makes a splendid addition to the small number 

 of plants which bloom after frost . 



Uses. These are splendid to plant in the back rows of the bor- 

 der, in clumps on the lawn among shrubbery, or to naturahze in the 

 wild flower gardens or along woodland paths. They combine attrac- 

 tively with hardy Asters. The flowers are cut and used for all kinds 

 Qf decorative purposes. 



Maximilian' 



Sunflower, one of the choicest 

 late flowers of Fall. 



