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Glaucous Ragwort. Othonna cheirifolia. Barbary. 

 Evergreen perennial ; i foot ; yellow ; early summer ; 

 cuttings. — Banks, borders, or rocky places. Sometimes 

 perishes in winter on the level ground in very cold soils, 

 but generally free and hardy. 



Heart-leaved Telekia. Telekia cordifolia, Hungary, 

 Herbaceous perennial ; 3 to 5 feet ; yellow ; summer 

 division. — A vigorous herbaceous plant, suited for asso- 

 ciation with Echinops, Rfteum, and subjects grown for 

 their foliage and characten 



Double Sunflower. Helianthus multiflorus. North 

 America. Herbaceous perennial ; 6 to 8 feet ; yellow j 

 summer ; seed or division. — The double variety of this 

 IS that most commonly seen. It is very ornamental, 

 and will thrive in almost any soil, in woods smd 

 copses. 



Drooping-leaved Sunflower. Helianthus orgyalis. 

 North America. Herbaceous perennial ; 9 to 10 feet ; 

 orange-yellow ; autumn ; seed or division. — An exceed- 

 ingly graceful plant, when seen in an isolated tuft, near a 

 wood walk. Also suited for association with plants of 

 fine leaf and character, in rich soil. 



Newman's Budbeckia. Rudbeckia Newmani. South 

 America, Herbaceous perennial ; i to 2 feet ; yellow ; 

 summer j seed or division. — A very showy vigorous plant ; 

 fine for fringes of shrubbery, copses, and groups of late 

 perennials. 



Kigid Sunflower. Harpalium rigidum. North 

 America. Herbaceous perennial ; 3^ feet; dark yellow j 

 late summer ; division. — A brilliant and showy free-run- 

 ning perennial, excellent for copses, fringes of woods^ 



