ON HARDY HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS. 



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Fig. 167. — Trollius Orange Globe. 



Tradescantia virginica 

 (Common Spiderwort) is a 

 showy plant with purplish-blue 

 flowers. It grows upwards of 

 2ft. high, and produces its 

 flowers from May onwards. It 

 is suitable for mixed borders 

 or for naturalising in shrub- 

 beries, wild gardens, woodland 

 walks, &c. Several varieties are 

 also grown, and are readily in- 

 creased by division. 



Trollius (Globe Flower) is 

 a genus of elegant border plants, 

 with luxuriant foliage and hand- 

 some yellow flowers. They prefer 

 rather moist situations. Pro- 

 pagated by seeds or by division 

 of the old plants in the autumn. 

 T. asiaticus grows from ift. to 

 2ft. high, and produces bright 

 orange-coloured flowers during 

 May and June. T. europceus (Common Globe Flower) grows 

 from i2in. to i8in. high, produces large globular pale yellow 



flowers from 

 April to June, 

 and is an ex- 

 cellent subject 

 for naturalising 

 near ponds 

 or streams. 

 Orange Globe 

 (Fig. 167) is 

 a beautiful 

 variety, with 

 golden - yellow 

 flowers, and 

 grows 2 ft. high. 

 Veronicas 

 (Speedwells) 

 are fine border 

 plants, easily 

 cultivated in 

 any ordinary 

 garden soil. 

 The herba- 

 ceous peren- 

 nial kinds may 



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Fig. 168.— Veronica longifolia subsessilis. 



