CHAPTER XIII 

 NEW HERBACEOUS PLANTS FROM CHINA 



SOME NOVELTIES FOR THE HARDY PERENNIAL GAR- 

 DEN THAT PROMISE WELL 



A^ONG the wealth of new material which 

 recent plant exploration work in central 

 and western China has added to the gardens 

 of North America and Europe there are not lacking 

 herbs of more than usual interest and value. My own 

 specialty is woody plants, but actuated by an ardent 

 love for flowers of all sorts opportunity to send home 

 material of herbaceous plants was never missed. 

 Moreover, the principal object of my second jour- 

 ney to China (1903-05) was to try to introduce a 

 yellow-flowered Poppywort (Meconopsis integrifolia) 

 which was known to grow in the alpine regions of 

 the Chino-Thibetan borderland. Complete success 

 attended the quest but the plant has not taken very 

 kindly to cultivation in Great Britain and it cannot 

 be recommended as a suitable plant for American 

 gardens. 



This Poppywort is a biennial and grows from 

 one and a half to three feet tall and has rather 



230 



