146 GARDEN PLANNING AND PLANTING 



Name Description 



Masterwort Astrantia major. Blush-white blooms during summer; 



attractive looking plant. 2 ft. 

 Snakeroot Cimicifuga racemosa. Masses of fluffy white flower. 4 ft. 



Cimicif uga cordif olia. Very similar to above, but with 



curious black stems. 4 ft. 

 Lady's Slipper Cypripedium hirsutum. Needs peat in the soil ; bright 



gold, free blooming. If ft. 



Chinese Cyclamen- Eomecon chionantha. Recommended to all owners of 

 leaved Poppy shady gardens. Large open white flowers with gold 



centres in early summer. \\ ft. 

 Fairy's Wand Galax aphylla. White flowers rising from evergreen leaves 



that become gorgeously tinted in autumn. 1 ft. 



Gaultheria Gaultheria procumbens. Evergreen, white blooming, red- 



berried. Will thrive under trees, even evergreens. 



6 inches 



Willow Gentian Gentiana asclepiadea. Purplish blue, handsome. 2 ft. 

 Sea Milkweed Glaux maritima. An unfamiliar fern ; pale salmon colour. 



Excellent bankside carpet. 4 inches 

 Stud Flower Helonias bullata. Deep green foliage tufts, spikes of pink 



blossom in late spring. 1 ft. 

 Alpine Colt's-foot Homogyne alpina. Bed purple, with evergreen foliage. 



Hardy, so good for carpets on damp soil. 4 inches. 

 St. John's- Wort Hypericum calycinum, the popular Rose of Sharon, \\ ft. 



Hypericum kalmianum, bushy, with pale yellow, 



smaller flowers. 2 ft. 

 Loosestrife Lysimachia verticillata. Spikes of upright yellow flowers, 



on 2 ft. tall plants 

 Creeping Jenny Lysimachia nummularia. Ths well-known dwarf yellow 



blooming plant : there is a beautiful gold -leaved variety 

 Two-leaved Lily- Maianthemum bifolium ; masses of small white flowers of 



of-the- Valley sweet scent. 6 inches 



Monkey Flower Mimulus luteus. Yellow. Hardy. 1 ft. 



Flowers to Grow iot Gathering: 



Herbaceous plants that are required to give plentiful supplies of 

 flower for the vases should be ordered early, say in September, as then 

 they will be sent to the purchaser in time to be planted in October ; it 

 should be remembered that most florists book orders to send out in 

 rotation, the only fair method of dealing with them, so gardeners 

 who wait until they should be planting before they purchase are 

 sure to be at a disadvantage compared with their more provident 

 neighbours. 



The Hardy Scabious. Scabiosa caucasica, in its ordinary 

 lavender variety, is exceedingly useful, but undoubtedly for vase 

 arrangements its pure white form is more valuable ; this grows as tall? 

 often attaining three feet, has blossoms as fine, and equally as robust, 

 so should be well represented in every border. Scabiosa lutea 



