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HENDERSON'S HANDBOOK OP PLANTS 



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Eranthis hyemalls, yellow, J< ft. 

 Erynglum amethystinum, light blue, 3 ft. 

 Euphorbia corollata, white, 1>^ ft. 

 Funkia lanceolata, lilac, IJ^ ft. 



ovata marglnata, blue, iy£ ft. 



subcordata, white, 2 ft. 

 Galium mollugo, white, 3 ft. 

 Geranium pratense, light purple, 2 ft 

 Geum coccineum plenum, scarlet, 2 ft. 

 Gillenia trifoliata, light red, 1 to 2 ft. 

 Glaucium cornlculatum, yellow, 2 ft. 

 Gypsophlla panlculata, white, 3 ft. 

 Harpalium rigidum, yellow, 3 ft. 

 Helianthus multiforus, yellow, 4 ft. 



orgyalis, yellow, 6 ft. 

 Helleborus niger, white, J^ ft. 

 Hemerocallis flava, yellow, 2 ft. 



rutilans, orange-red, 2 ft. 



Kwanso fl. pi., orange-red, 2 ft. 

 Hesperis matronalls, purple and white, 1% ft. 

 Hibiscus granditlora, white and rose, 4 to 5 ft. 

 Hyacinthus candicans, white, 4 ft. 

 Iberis corrsefolia, white, 1 ft. 



Gibraltarica, rosy-white, i ft. 



sempervirens, white, % ft. 

 Iris foBtidissima variegata, bluish, 1)^ ft. 



Germanica, many sorts, 1}^ ft. 



Ksempferii, many sorts, 2 ft. 



pumila, purple and white, J^ ft. 

 Lamium maculatum, purple, ^ ft. 

 Lathyrus platyphyllus (varieties), 6 ft. 

 Liatris pycnostechys, purple, 3 ft. 



spicata, purple, 2 to 3 ft. 

 Libertia ixioides, white, IJ^ ft. 

 liilium, many sorts, 1 to 5 ft. 

 Lobelia cardinalis, scarlet, 2 ft. 

 Lotus cornioulatus, yellow, very dwarf. 

 Lupinus polyphyllus, blue, 1 ft. 

 Lychnis Ohalcedonica fi. pi., scarlet. 



Chalcedonica alba, white, 3 ft. 

 Lysimachia clethroides, white, 2 feet. 



nummularia, yellow, very dwarf. 



vulgaris, yellow, 2 ft. 

 Lythrum salicaria, reddish-purple, 2 to 5 ft. 

 Mertensia virglnica, blue and red, 1^ ft. 

 Monarda didyma, scarlet, 2 ft. 



Bradburiana, purple, 2 ft. 

 Myosotis palustris, light blue, ^ ft. 

 Narcissus, many sorts, 1 ft. 

 CEnothera Fraseri, yellow, 2 ft. 



riparia, yellow, 1 ft. 



Missouriensis, yellow, % ft. 

 Omphalodes vema, blue, J^ ft. 

 Papaver orientale, scarlet, 4 ft. 

 Phlos subulata, purple; reptans, reddish-pur- 

 pfe, and other dwarf sorts. 



Garden hybrids of P. decussata, etc. 

 Platycodon grandiflorum, blue, IJ^ ft. 



grandiflorum album, white, 1}4 ft- 

 Poeonia officinalis, many varieties and colors, 

 2 ft. 



tenuifolia fl. pi., crimson, 1 ft. 

 Polemonium coeruleum and reptans, blue, 1 ft. 

 Polygonum cuspldatum, syn. P. Sieboldii, white, 



4 ft. 

 Pyrethrum roseum and other species, IV ft. 

 Bamondia Pyrenaica, light purple, dwarf. 

 Banunculus aconitifolius fl. pi., white, 2 ft. 

 . aoris fl. pi., yellow, 2 ft. 

 Bomneya Coulteri, white, 5 ft. 

 Budbeckia triloba, and other species, yellow, 2 



to 3 ft. 

 Salvia pratensis, blue, 1^4 f^- 

 Sanguinaria Canadensis, white, ^4 ft. 

 Saponaria ocymoides, pink, dwarf. 



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Saxlfraga crassifolia, red, 1 ft. 

 Sedum, many sorts, principally dwarf. 

 Sempervivum, many sorts. 

 Silene alpestris, rose, }4 ft. 



viscosa fl. pi., deep pink, 1ft. 

 Spiresa Aruncus, white, 4 ft. 



Filipendula fl. pi., white, 1 ft. 



lobata, red, 2 ft. 



palmata, red, 2 ft. 



Ulmaria, white, 1 ft. 



variegata, white, 1 ft. 

 Stachys lanata, purple, 1 ft. 

 Symphytum asperrimum, bluish-purple, 2 ft. 



officinale variegata, white, 2 ft. 

 Tradescantia Virglnica, blue and white varie- 

 ties, 2 ft. 

 Tricyrtis grandiflora, white and purple, 1}4 ft. 

 Trifolium incarnatum, rose colored, 1 ft. 



rubens, purplish red, 1 ft. 

 Trillium grandiflorum, white, }^ **• 

 Tunica saxifraga, red, dwarf. 

 Valeriana officinalis, white, 3 ft. 

 Veronica spicata, blue and other sorts. 

 Vinca minor, white and blue varieties, dwarf. 

 Viola, many sorts and colors, }4 ft. 

 Yucca filamentosa, white, 5 ft. 



Herbarium. The Herbarium or Hortus Siccus, 

 is a collection of dried specimens of plants, 

 named and systematically arranged. It is in- 

 dispensable to the student, as well as to the 

 working botanist. Beginners in the study 

 should possess, or have access to an her- 

 barium, which should contain specimens rep- 

 resenting all the natural orders, and as many 

 of the genera and species of the plants of his 

 immediate vicinity or district as possible. An 

 herbarium, however, may be restricted to a 

 particular family of plants, made the object 

 of special study. 



There has been considerable difference of 

 opinion as to the proper size of the sheets for 

 the Herbarium. The principal British her- 

 baria adopt the size of 16^ x 10)^ inches, 

 which is thought rather narrow, rarely per- 

 mitting two specimens of the same species to 

 be placed side by side. In the United States 

 16)^ X IIK has been adopted, and which is, 

 perhaps, the best to follow, though we think 

 a size of 20 x 16 inches is not too large to 

 handle for the genus covers, "the species 

 paper being one-quarter of an inch narrower. 



Specimens intended to be dried should be 

 gathered on a fine day ; if wet with rain they 

 are liable to lose their color, the great enemy 

 to the preservation of which is damp. In 

 readiness there should be six or eight pieces 

 of stout book or millboard, say twenty inches 

 long by fifteen broad, a good supply of old 

 newspapers folded to about the same average 

 dimensions ; also a few quires of blotting 

 paper, a few pieces of tissue paper cut to the 

 size of one's hand, and half a dozen squares of 

 cotton wadding cut to the same size as the 

 boards. Using a board as a foundation, place 

 upon it a couple of the folded newspapers, 

 and then dispose the plant in the middle, let- 

 ting it fall naturally, but keeping the leaves 

 and other parts as little crumpled as possible; 

 cover in turn with blotting paper, then news- 

 papers, and so on till all are safely deposited. 

 The extra boards are to interfere, if needful, 

 the tissue paper is to lay, when necessary, 

 over flowers of particular delicacy ; the cot- 

 ton wadding is to employ when the stem of 



