Herbs with Conspicuous Flowers. 6 1 3 



Caladium, Begonia, Verbesina, Polymnia, Ficus, Wigandia, 

 Ferdinanda, Musa, Vernonia, Nicotiana, Ricinus, Palmaceae, 

 Dracaena, Cordyline, etc., etc. 



Herbaceous Climbing, Twining, or Creeping Plants. 

 Climbing herbs come under two denominations, distinguished 

 by their duration, whether perennial or annual. The former 

 have annual stems, but perennial rootstoeks : for example, 

 Lathyrus latifolius and L. grandiflorus (Everlasting Pea), 

 Humulus Lupulus (Hop), Bryonia dioica and a few other 

 Cucurbitaceae, Tamus communis, Loasa aurantiaca, and Caly- 

 stegia pubescens. With the annual climbers we include seve- 

 ral tender species of perennial duration, which will flower the 

 first season, and are consequently equally available for many 

 purposes. Such are Cobaea scandens, Eccremocarpus scaber, 

 Lophosperinum scandens, Tropaeolum aduncum (the Canary 

 Creeper), Maurandya Barclayana, Phaseolus multiflorus or coc- 

 cineus (Scarlet-runner Bean), and some Cucurbitaceae. There 

 are comparatively few climbing plants normally of annual 

 duration in cultivation. The most familiar are Lathyrus 

 odoratus (Sweet Pea), Pharbitis hispida (Larger Convolvulus), 

 and Tropaeolum major (Larger Nasturtium). In addition, there 

 are numerous species and varieties of Cucurbitaceous plants with 

 ornamental fruits. In sheltered situations they may be grown 

 as trailers, but they are more effective trained against a south 

 wall or trellis. 



Herbaceous Plants of large stature, with Conspicuous 

 Flowers. The following list contains a number of large sub- 

 jects suitable for back rows of borders, for intermixing with 

 shrubs, or for planting in the wild garden. Nearly all of the 

 species enumerated are either old garden plants, or such as are 

 to be had from most growers of herbaceous plants. Many 

 more might be added, belonging chiefly to the orders from 

 which these have been selected : Aquilegia vulgaris, etc., 

 various colours ; Aeon it um Napellus varieties, blue and white . 

 Dephinium hybrid varieties, blue and white ; Paeonia species 

 and varieties double and single, white, rose, scarlet, etc. ; 

 Papaver orientale, scarlet ; Lychnis Chalcedonica, scarlet ; 

 Hibiscus roseus ; Althaea rosea (Hollyhock), various colours ; 

 Kitaibelia vitifolia, white or rose ; Gralega officinalis, pink and 

 white ; Lupinus polyphyllus, blue and white ; Spiraea spp., 

 white, rose, red ; Epilobium angustifolium, rosy red ; Fuchsia 

 (treated as herbaceous), scarlet ; (Enothera spp., yellow ;| 



