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or almost any position in the wilder parts of a country 

 place, thriving in ordinary soil. 



Conunon Marigold. Calendula officinalis. Southern 

 Europe. Annual ; i^ feet ; orange ; all suntimer ; seed. 

 — Suited for almost any position or soil in semi-wild 

 places, not overrun by very coarse vegetation. 



Cup Plant. Silphium perfoliatum. North America. 

 Herbaceous perennial ; 5 to 7 feet ; yellow ; summer ; 

 seed or division. — Association with the tallest and most 

 vigorous herbs in rich or deep soil. 



Alpine Lavender Cotton. Santolina alpina. 

 Southern Europe. Evergreen perennial ; 3 to 6 inches ; 

 yellow ; late in summer ; division or cuttings. — Very 

 bare rocky places, or banks, amidst dwarf rock plants. 



Ground Cypress. Santolina ChamcBcyparissus. 

 Southern Europe. Evergreen perennial ; 2 to 3 feet ; 

 yellow ; summer ; cuttings. — A fine plant for banks, rocky 

 places, or the outer fringes of shrubberies. 



Hoary Lavender Cotton. Santolina incana. Southern 

 Europe. Evergreen perennial ; i foot ; yellow ; summer ; 

 seed or cuttings. — A variety of the preceding, but 

 dwarfer; suited for rather bare banks and rocky 

 places, in ordinary soil. 



Hoary Wormwood. Artemisia cana. North America. 

 Shrub ; I to 3 feet ; yellowish ; summer ; division or 

 seed. — Fringes of woods and shrubberies, or rough 

 rocky ground or banks. A vigorous silvery - leaved 

 plant. 



Cape Marigold. Dimorphotheca pluvialis. Cape of 

 Good Hope. Annual; i to 2 feet; whitish-purple; 



