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*Heracleum pubescens. This species bears yel- 

 lowish-white flowers, in umbels about a foot in diameter, 

 and grows to a height of from 6 ft. to 9 ft. or more. The 

 leaves are very large, roughish on the upper side, and 

 much divided into elliptical segments, which are pointed 

 and stand close together. Crimea. 



*Heracleum villosum. A species distinguished by 

 its very downy and fringed fruit, with robust stems, 6i ft. 

 high or more. Leaves broad, much divided, the segments 

 coarsely toothed, covered with a whitish down on the 

 under side. Flowers in large umbels. Caucasus. 



*Heracleum Wilhelmsii. The leaves of this species 

 are very large, downy, and wrinkled, much divided, with 

 lance-shaped, acute segments distant from each other. 

 The stem is more than 6 ft. high, and bears whitish 

 flowers, in umbels from 10 ins. to 12 ins. in diameter. 

 Siberia. 



Several other species are in cultivation, the principal 

 of which is H. platytcenium, a biennial of very large dimen- 

 sions, and remarkably ornamental in habit and foliage. 



Humea elegans. This well-known plant may be 

 very agreeably associated with many of the subjects men- 

 tioned in this book, and is a graceful object in the centres 

 of beds, etc. To be put out early in May. New Holland. 



^Hydrangea quercifolia. This is quite distinct in 

 aspect from the common Hydrangeas, and sufficiently 

 striking to deserve a place where variety of form is 

 sought. The leaves are, as the name indicates, somewhat 

 lobed and oak-like in outline. It is best adapted to form 

 a bush, its natural habit, and is best used singly. I, 

 however, have never tried to train young plants of it with 



