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of them are weedy subjects, but the two following, along with a 

 few others, might with advantage find a place in the mixed 

 border. £. doronicum forms a dense mass of dark green foliage 

 and bears large golden-yellow flowers on stems i2in. high; these 

 are produced from June to August, and are very showy and 



useful for cutting. S. pulcher (Fig. 

 163) is a handsome border-plant,, 

 flowering in the late autumn; it 

 has purplish-crimson flowers with 

 yellow disks, borne on a branched 

 flower-stem. It grows about 2ft. 

 high. 



Sidalceas are free-flowering showy 

 plants, suitable for the mixed border. 

 S. Candida grows from 2ft. to 3ft. 

 high, and flowers from June to 

 August ; the flowers are pure white, 

 and are borne in long terminal 

 racemes. S. Listeri is a showy 

 perennial of recent introduction; it 

 grows about 3ft. high, and from 

 July to September bears an abun- 

 dance of satiny-pink flowers, with 

 beautifully-fringed sepals, i'r 

 malvaflora produces racemes of 

 rosy-purple flowers on stems ijft. 

 high. 



Solidago (Golden Rod).— 

 This genus contains several 

 coarse-growing plants, suitable for 

 naturalising in semi wild parts of 

 the garden, or for back positions in the mixed border. Increased 

 by seeds or by division. 5. rngosa (syn. 5. altissima) grows from 

 4ft. to 5ft. high, and bears yellow flowers from July to October. 

 S. Virgaurea nana is a dwarf and compact form of the common 

 Golden Rod, suitable for the mixed border; it grows 2ft. high, 

 and bears golden-yellow flowers in late autumn. .S. canadensis, 

 S. gigantea, S. grandiflora, &c, are advertised in nurserymen's 

 catalogues ; they are coarse-growing plants, reaching a height 

 of 4ft. or 5ft., and bearing large yellow flowers. 



Spiraeas (Meadow Sweets) are plants of easy culture, very 

 ornamental when grown in mixed borders, shrubberies, or in 

 moist situations, such as the margins of lakes, ponds, &c. 

 They are readily increased by division. 5. Aruncus (Goat's 

 Beard) (Fig. 164) is a majestic plant, growing from 3ft. to 5 ft. 

 high, and producing long feathery plumes of white flowers during 

 June and July. S. astilboides is an excellent plant for either pot 



Fig. 163. — Senecio pulcher. 



