ON HARDY HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS. 



Romneya Coulteri (Californian Bush Poppy) is a very 

 charming plant, delighting in a warm, sunny position, and a 

 light, deep soil. It grows from 2ft. to 4ft. high, and has 

 deeply-cut foliage of a 

 glaucous hue. The 

 flowers are snowy-white, 

 and Poppy-like in ap- 

 pearance (Fig. 162), 

 often 41'n. to 6in. across, 

 with crinkled petals and 

 golden-yellow stamens. 



Rodbeckias (Cone 

 Flowers) are showy, 

 free-flowering, composite 

 plants, suitable for back 

 positions in the mixed 

 border, or for growing 

 in semi-wild situations, 

 &c. The flowers are 

 prized for cutting pur- 

 poses. Increased either 

 by seeds or by divi- 

 sion. R. calif ornica is 

 a noble plant with large 

 plantain-like leaves, and 

 golden - yellow flowers, 

 having brown Acorn-like 

 centres. It grows from 

 4ft. to 6ft. high, and 

 flowers during July, 

 August, and September. 

 R. laciniata has stems 5ft. or 6ft 

 which are deeply cut 



Fig. 162. — Romneya Coulteri. 



high, and large leaves, 

 The flowers are yeilow, and have 

 a dark conical disk. R. I. flore-fleno is a very fine double 

 form of the above, with long, graceful, branching stems, 

 and beautiful yellow flowers, having rather long petals. 

 R. maxima is a vigorous-growing plant, upwards of 7ft. in height, 

 which from July to September bears large yellow flowers, with 

 black disks. The flowers are 3in. or 4m. across. R. speciosa, 

 known also as R. Neiumanii, is one of the handsomest in the 

 whole genus, growing from 2ft. to 3ft. high, and producing 

 large yellow flowers with black disks. Its season of flowering 

 is July and August. 



Senecio is a genus of composite plants of annual, biennial, 

 and perennial duration, and of easy culture in any ordinary 

 garden soil. The perennials are readily increased by means of 

 seeds, cuttings, or division of the old plants. A good many 



