174 The Wild Garden 



themselves, so that seedling plants in abundance may be 

 picked up around them; but it is important not to allow 

 them to become giant weeds. To prevent this, it may, in 

 certain positions, be desirable to prevent them seeding. 



Day Lily, Hemerocallis. — Vigorous plants of the Lily order, 

 with long leaves and large and showy red-orange or yellow 

 flowers, often scented delicately. There are two types, one 

 large and strong like H. flava and H. fulva, the other short and 

 somewhat fragile like graminea. The larger kinds are valu- 

 able plants for the ' Wild Garden,' thriving in any rich soil. 



Christinas Rose, Helleborus. — Stout dwarf perennials, 

 with showy blooms appearing in winter and spring when 

 flowers are rare, and with handsome leathery leaves. 

 They thrive in almost any soil ; but to get their early bloom 

 good, it is well to place them on sunny banks in groups, 

 and not far from the eye. They form beautiful ornaments 

 near wood walks, where the spring sun can reach them. 

 There are various kinds useful for naturalization, especially 

 on warm chalky soils. 



Sun Rose, Helianthemum. — Dwarf spreading shrubs, bear- 

 ing myriads of flowers in a variety of colour. The most 

 satisfactory way of employing these in our gardens is to 

 naturalize them on banks or slopes in the half-wild parts of 

 our pleasure grounds, where there is sandy or warm soil. 

 They are best suited for chalk or rocky districts, where they 

 thrive and make a brilliant display. 



Perennial Sunflower, Helianthus, Rudbeckia, Silphium. — 

 Stout and very tall perennials with showy yellow flowers, the 

 best known of which is Helianthus multiflorus fl.pl., of which 

 plenty may be seen in Euston Square and other places in 

 London. As a rule these are all better fitted for rough places 

 than for gardens, where, like many other plants mentioned in 



