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a coppery-orange shade ; H. citrina, a tall- 

 growing Day Lily, 3 feet or more in height, 

 has pale yellow flowers in June. The follow- 

 ing are good varieties, the colour of the 

 flowers being indicated by the name : 

 Apricot, Buttercup, Gold Dust, Luteola, 

 Orangeman, Sovereign, Ochroleuca. Dr. 

 Regel, apricot, and Sir Michael Foster, 

 deep orange-yellow, are two fine sorts. 



Heuchera (Alum Root). The Alum 

 Root, or Heuchera, is a charming hardy plant. 

 The slender graceful spikes, freely clothed 

 with small flowers, vary, in the different 

 kinds, from 1 to nearly 3 feet in height. 

 The flower spikes are much prized for use 

 in vases and bouquets, especially for mixing 

 with bolder and more richly coloured kinds. 

 It is worth noting that 

 the leaves remain on the 

 plants in good condition 

 during the winter; the 

 Heuchera can thus be 

 effectively used as a per- 

 manent edging to beds and 

 borders. They will grow 

 in most garden soils, but 

 dislike wet, clayey ground. 

 The position chosen should 

 be sunny or only very 

 slightly shaded. The 

 various sorts flower over 

 a long season, extending 

 from May to September. 

 Heucheras may be raised 

 in quantity from seeds ; 

 the flowers produce seeds 

 freely, and these germin- 

 ate readily ; sow for prefer- 

 ence in a cool greenhouse 

 or cold frame from April 

 to June. The named 

 varieties are increased by 

 division of the clumps in 

 autumn or spring, in fact 

 all Heucheras can be pro- 

 pagated in this way. A 

 selection of the best is as 

 follows : H. alba, 1$ feet, 

 white ; H. brizoides, 1J to 

 2 feet, red or rose, a form 

 of this with light, graceful 

 sprays of pink flowers is 

 known as gracillima ; H. 



micrantha, 2 feet, light pink ; H. san- 

 guinea, 1 to 2 feet, an old-fashioned 

 border plant with coral-red flowers, varieties 

 of this are grandiflora, rosea, robusta 

 and splendens ; H. zabeliana, 1 feet, 

 pink. Half-a-dozen good named varieties 

 are Edge Hall, salmon-pink ; Flambeau, 

 deep red ; Nellie, delicate pink ; Pink 

 Beauty ; Pluie de Feu, deep red ; and 

 Rosamunde, coral-pink. 



Iberis (Evergreen Candytuft). The 

 Perennial or Evergreen Candytufts are most 

 effective in the garden during spring and 

 early summer. The dwarf bushy plants 

 are evergreen, and if left undisturbed for 

 two or three years assume a low shrubby 

 habit. They are charming subjects to use 



Evergreen Candytuft (Iberis). 



