640 Ornamental Gardening. 



(Canary Creeper), Pharbitis hispida (Larger Convolvulus), 

 Lathyrus odoratus (Sweet Pea; in variety, Cobaea scan dens, 

 and Tropseolum majus (Nasturtium). 



A small selection of hardy perennials, limited to those of 

 good constitution, and little exacting as to the quality of the 

 soil, may be useful. It includes a few for each season, with 

 general indications as to colour. 



Plants flowering in Winter. Q-alanthus nivalis (Snowdrop), 

 white ; Helleborus niger (Christmas Rose), white or pink ; 

 Eranthis hyemalis (Winter Aconite), yellow ; and Scilla Sibi- 

 rica (Siberian Squill), blue. 



Plants flowering in Spring. Crocus vernus and C. versi- 

 color, white, blue and yellow, and striped varieties; Tulipa, Nar- 

 cissus, and Hyacinthus in variety ; Scilla verna, blue ; Muscari 

 racemosum and M. botryoides, blue or white ; Saxifraga crassi- 

 folia, etc., purple ; Arabis albida, pure white ; Alyssum saxatile, 

 yellow ; Anemone Hepatica, blue, pink, and white varieties ; 

 Orobus vernus, lilac and blue ; Polyanthus and Double Prim- 

 roses, various ; Viola odorata, varieties; Adonis vernalis, yel- 

 low; Cheiranthus Cheirii -(Wallflower), in variety; Dielytra 

 spectabilis, rosy-pink ; Posonia omcinalis and albiflora, crimson, 

 rose, or white, double or single-flowered varieties ; Aubrietia 

 deltoidea, varieties, shades of blue and purple ; Phlox subulata, 

 purple, pink, or white ; Anemone Coronaria, etc., varieties of 

 many colours ; Convallaria majalis (Lily of the Valley) ; Iberis 

 sempervirens, white ; Vinca major and minor, blue and white, 

 and varieties with variegated foliage, etc. 



Plants flowering in Summer. The number of species in 

 cultivation which produce their flowers in summer is, of course, 

 much larger than that of all the other three seasons put to- 

 gether ; hence the following selection is relatively more limited 

 than the foregoing : Campanula persicifolia, C. latifolia, C. 

 rotundifolia, and other species, blue, white, and pink ; Centran- 

 thus ruber, crimson, red, and white varieties ; Geranium sangui- 

 neum, deep red ; G. pratense, etc., blue ; Gladiolus communis, 

 violet-purple, red, or white ; Gladiolus Gandavensis, etc., 

 numerous brilliantly-coloured varieties ; Phlox paniculata and 

 maculata in variety; Althaea rosea 1 (Hollyhock), great variety; 

 Lamium maculatum, variegated foliage ; Lilium candidum, 

 white ; L. Chalcedonicum, L. Mart-agon, L. tigrinum, etc., 

 orange, white, etc., spotted with purple brown ; Lychnis ChaL- 

 1 Usually treated as a biennial. 



