Gardening for Amateurs 



397 



the flowers are yellow, with very slightly 

 drooping florets and a prominent central 

 cone. The lea,ves are much duided, as the 

 name laciniata suggests. A variety named 

 flore pleno or Golden Glow has handsome 

 double yellow flowers, which, in addition to 

 being attractive in the borders or for a large 

 bed, are much prized for cutting ; the plants 

 grow some 6 feet high and flower freely from 

 July to September, on long branching stalks. 

 Autumn Glory is a free-flowering single 

 variety ; the flowers are not quite so large 

 as in R. laciniata, but they are much more 

 freely produced. The plants are in full 

 beauty during September and October. 

 R. californica is a noble plant, growing 5 to 

 6 feet high, with Plantain-like leaves, and 

 yielding large golden- 

 yellow, brown - centred 

 flowers from August to 

 October. R. maxima is 

 another vigorous Cone 

 Flower with large leaves 

 and tall stems, 6 to 

 9 feet high. The leaves 

 are a distinct glaucous 

 green and a prominent 

 black centre sets off the 

 golden - yellow flowers. 

 Newman's Cone Flower, 

 variously known as R. 

 speciosa and R. Xew- 

 manii, is the best of 

 all the Rudbeckias for a 

 small garden ; it grown 

 about 2 feet high and 

 flowers from July to 

 September. The blooms 

 are about 3 inches in 

 diameter, yellow shaded 

 with orange. This is a 

 most effective plant for 

 a bed on the lawn or 

 for grouping near the 

 front of the flower bor- 

 ders. The rosy-purple 

 flowers of R. purpurea 

 are very distinct, and 

 may be made a promin- 

 ent feature of the 

 autumn border. The 

 plant grows 3 to 4 feet 

 high and blooms during The 



August and September. R. purpurea is also 

 known as Echinacea purpurea, the Purple 

 Cone Flower. 



Scabiosa (Pincushion Flower). The 

 best of the Scabious for general cultiva- 

 tion is S. caucasica. The plants thrive in 

 ordinary well-drained soil. In wet, clayey 

 ground they seldom survive the winter. To 

 overcome this difficulty, young plants should 

 be raised annually from seed and planted 

 out late in March where they are to flower. 

 The seeds may be sown out of doors on a 

 well-drained and sheltered border or in a 

 cold frame from April to July. Scabious 

 are also propagated by division in autumn 

 or spring. S. caucasica, 2 feet high, has soft 

 lilac-mauve flowers borne on long, slender 



Californian Poppy (Romneya Coulteri). 



