FOLIAGE PLANTS 
: Botanical ih Height |Time of 
Cole | sees | eee Description Sittin | Bloom 
Various |VARIE- Symphytum Broad leaves deeply margined with | 3-4 ft. |June, 
GATED officinale var.| yellow or cream color. When culti- |Sun or {July 
COMMON variegatum | vated for ornamental foliage the flower jhaif 
COMFREY 'S. officinale | stems should be cut off. Europe. shade 
var. luteo- 
marginatum 
“Green” (GAMA OR __|Tripsacum Ornamental grass of tufted habit. | 4-7 ft. se 
SESAME dactyloides Terminal spikes of flowers. Plant in |Sux 
GRASS T. Déctylis, | wild garden or among other orna- 
T. Violaceum| mental grasses. Prop. by seed, pref- 
erably by rootstock cuttings. Moist 
situation. Southern and Central 
Us Si As 
‘Purple’ |SHRUB- Xanthorrhiza} Shrubby yellow stemmed plant.; 1-2 ft. |May, 
YELLOW apiifolia Flowers in slender drooping racemes |Shade eatly 
ROOT Zanthorhiza | under the pinnate leaves. Grown for June 
apiifolia its foliage, which becomes goiden yel- 
low in autumn. Prop. by seed and 
division. Any garden soil, preferably 
moist. Eastern U. S. A. 
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