LIST OF FLOWERS 



bracieatum, and macranthum are good varieties, and there are many 

 colours — ^white, yellow, bronze, rose, crimson and scarlet. » 



HELIOTROPIUM {Cherry-pie). A half-hardy perennial, but 

 more wisely treated as an annual, as by sowing in heat early in March 

 the seedlings will be ready for planting out at the end of May. They 

 need a good dry soU, and by their delightful fragrance and delicate 

 tints of colour they are rightly highly esteemed. Many new varieties 

 have been introduced from time to time, such as Roi des Noirs, a 

 very dark shade, Anna Turret, a beautiful light kind, and the White 

 Lady, pure white; while the old-fashioned peruvianum still holds its 

 own in the affections of most of us. 



HELLEBORUS {Christmas Rose). A hardy perennial of much 

 value in the garden, as it flowers in the open when little else is in 

 bloom. H. niger is that which has for its bloom the well-known 

 flower which bears the name of Christmas Rose, beautiful in its 

 waxy- white and delicate blush tint ; but we now have other varieties 

 with blossoms of dark purple and ruby red, such as H. colchicus and 

 H. abchasicus, and with foliage of marked beauty. All kinds are 

 content with ordinary soil, but wUl do better in well-manured fibrous 

 loam mixed with coarse sand, for stagnant moisture is not good for 

 them. Propagation may be made by division, July being the best 

 time, when the plants are in full vigour; and they may also be raised 

 from seed sown under glass, the seedlings being pricked out into a 

 shady border of rich soil as soon as they are large enough to bear 

 moving. In the following year they may be transplanted to their 

 permanent quarters, and by the third year they should bloom. 



HEMEROCALLIS {Day Lily). For fragrance and beauty .com- 

 bined there are few flowers which compare favourably with the Day 

 Lily. Most of the varieties can be cultivated' with little trouble, 

 while they all grow rapidly and are easily increased by division. 

 H. DUmortieri is especially valuable for being perfectly hardy and 

 blooming early; H. flava (the Yellow Day LHy) is also hardy, flowers 

 profusely, increases rapidly, and is highly fragrant; while H. fulva 

 and its many varieties, such as disticha, minor, and Kwanso (the 

 Japanese Day Lily) are all well ^Ivorth attention. 



HESPERIS {Rocket). The old garden favourite known as 

 Rocket is H. matronalis, a hardy perennial with sweet-scented spikes 

 of purple or white flowers. It blooms freely and attains a height of 

 about i8 inches, but to bring it to perfection it needs a rich moist 

 soil, and even then is the better for division and transplanting into 



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