Helleborus 



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Helleborus 



March, and pricked oil into pots, four or five 

 plants together. Soil, rich and light, in a sunny 

 position. 



Principal Species : 



humboldtiauum, IV, Jy M 



mm., yel. (>//". ISaiid- 

 fordii). 



Mmi^rlesii, IV, pk. or pur., 

 yd. ; a beautiful little 



Other Species : 



canescens, -', Jo,, jmr. 



\*f//<*. Astelma catii's- 



ceus, Helichrysuiu ran- 



escens, etc.). 

 coryiubiiloruin, 1', Jy., 



wh. 

 Cotula, IV, My., wh. or 



yellowish wh. s //". 



citrina). 

 ^uapliuloides, 1 ! ', Je., 



red, yel. (*////. (iiia- 



phulimn uiodestum). 



aim. ("!/ii. Rhodanthe 

 Manglesii) ; flore pleno 

 and album are fine 

 doubles. 



roseum, '2', Je., pk. (//. 

 Acroclinium roseum). 



humilc (w Helichrysum 



buinile). 

 ineamim, 9", Jy., yel., 



pk. or wh. 

 phlomoidL's, 1', Jy., pur. 



(*////. Astelnui mille- 



noruml . 

 speciosissimitm. S', My.. 



wh. (.//(. Astelma spe- 



ciosissimum). 

 variegatum, 3', Sep., wh. 



(./.. Astelma spirale 



and A. variegatum). 



HELLEBORUS. (HELLEBORE.) 



Description. The Helleboruses ciulirace a 

 number of our most valued border flowers, the 

 Christinas and Lenten Hoses being included among 

 the number, with many others of great beauty in 



HELLEHOKUS NIGER ANGUSTIFOLIUS (see p. -no). 



the border. Some are practically evergreen plants, 

 and are very ornamental in or out of flower, with 

 their beautifully shaped leaves. The flowers of 

 many are of much beauty when cut, and their 



llrlij-1/rn (see Hlortra). 

 Ilcllcliiirilli (xi'r /:'/>i/iili't;,i). 



charms are longer displayed if the stems are 

 partially split up when the blooms are inserted in 

 water. Thus treated they will last several weeks 

 in beauty. H. niger is the Christmas ]{o>o, whose' 

 pure white flowers are so much admired in winter, 



HELLEBOKUS ORIENTAIIS (sec p. -no) 



and the Lenten Roses are principally forms of H. 

 oriental is. 



Propagation. By division of the plants, a good 

 time being about the end of March if the weather 

 is favourable, or in early autumn in slunvery 

 weather. They may also be raised from seed-. 

 sown as soon as ripe in a shady border, or in pans 

 or boxes in a shaded frame. If the seeds aie 

 kept until spring they germinate more slowly. 

 When the young plants are old enough to prick off 

 this may be done, and the young plants grown on 

 in a shady border of rich soil until of (lowering 

 size. They take some years to reach this size, but 

 the results generally justify the long period of 

 waiting. 



Soil. They like a rich soil, rather inclining to 

 heaviness. On a poor, dry one they are frequently 

 :i failure. 



Other Cultural Points. They should always 

 have plenty of water, especially when making their 

 growth after flowering, and supplies of weak liquid 

 manure may occasionally be given, with a mulch 

 of good manure immediately after the flowering is 

 over. The Christmas ami Lenten l(o>es often have 

 their flowers injured in appearance by splashes 

 in winter, and they are mueli improved by being 

 covered when in flower l.y a hand-light or sash 

 raised on bricks or other supports BO a- to give air 

 and keep off rain and mud splahe>. 



