AND THE WILDERNESS BLOSSOMED 



It is an attractive plant, a free bloomer, and 

 under favorable circumstances will produce fully 

 one tenth as many flowers as may be seen in the 

 ordinary catalogue picture. I have not yet had 

 an opportunity to test its reproductive qualities in 

 any way, but the plants are not expensive, and 

 bear transportation well. 



There are several varieties of Helenium, or 

 Sneeze Weed, in cultivation, the best known 

 being the American H. autumnale. It grows to 

 a height of four or five feet, and bears numerous 

 showy yellow flowers in September which last a 

 long time in water. It is a good plant, easy to 

 raise, and worth having, but it is by no means 

 " one of the most valuable of all the hardy plants," 

 as I have seen it described. It may be easily 

 raised from seed, and is perfectly hardy. Other 

 species highly commended are H. Bolanderi and 

 H. Hoopesti, but I have had no experience with 

 either. 



Bocconia cordata, or Plume Poppy, is an inter- 

 esting foliage plant which comes from China, and 

 is therefore generally known as Bocconia Japonica. 

 It grows fully eight feet high, and its large lux- 

 uriant leaves give it a tropical appearance. Its 

 flowers are minute and inconspicuous, but the 



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