1 156 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. 



SUB-TROPICAL BEDDERS— contd. 



fan-shaped 1. Seaforthia elegans 

 (Ptychosperma Cunninghamiana), 

 large pinnate 1. 



Yucca 



angustifolia, numerous narrow 

 stiff 1., lift, to 2ft. long; fl. stem 



3ft. to 4ft. long, terminating in 

 a spike of greenish-white fl. fila- 

 MENTOSA, creamy-white fl. ; 3ft. ; 

 July and August. gloriosa, 1. 

 in a dense rosette; fl. white, 

 tinged outside with rose; July and 

 August. 



Carpet Bedders (p. 191 to p. 203). 



Cerastium 



alpinum, 1. with silky hairs ; fl. 

 white ; June and July. BlEBERSTErNH, 

 fl. white ; 6in. ; May to July. GRANDI- 

 FLORUM, woolly green 1., profusion of 

 snowy-white fl. pennsylvanicum, 1. 

 silvery-white. 



Herniaria 



glabra aurea, a handsome golden 

 variety. 



Mentha 



aureum, yel. 1. ; 3m. 



Nepeta 



Glechoma variegata, dwarf trail- 

 ing, with handsome variegated 1. 



Pyrethrum 



laciniatum, a variety of the 

 Golden Feather with beautifully cut 

 golden 1. 



Sedum 



acre aureum, 1. and tips of shoots 

 bright golden-yel. ALBUM, fl. white; 

 fl. stems pinkish, brevifolium, white 

 fl. ; 3m. commolii, 4m. pallidum, 

 blue-grey 1. rupestre, 1. tinged with 

 red. spathulifolium, yel. fl. ; 6in. 

 ternatum, white fl. ; 6in. ; April and 

 May. 



Thymus 



citriodorus aureus, golden-yel. 1. 



Alyssum 



alpestre, large golden-yel. fl. 

 6in. ; April and May. gemonense 

 sulphureum, pale lemon-coloured fl. 

 6in. ; suitable also for rockery, 

 montanum, yel. fl. ; 6in. ; June 

 saxatile variegatum, 1. variegated 

 serpyllifolium, fl. pale yel. ; 3m. to 

 4in. ; April to June. 



Daisy 



Monster, very large fl., red, speckled 

 white. Rob Roy (rubens), cr.-sc. fl. 

 Rosy Gem, rose-coloured fl. Snow- 

 flake, pure white. The Bride, large 

 dbl. snowy-white fl. on long stalks. 



Iberis 



GIBRALTARICA hybrida, fl. creamy- 

 white, changing to rosy-purple ; ift. ; 

 May and June.' Little Gem, dwarf 



Spring Bedders (p. 203 to p. 208) 



bushy habit ; fl. pure white. 



SEMPER- 

 virens Snow Queen, compact habit ; 

 large pure white fl. ; gin. umbel- 

 LATA, fl. usually purplish but very 

 variable ; 6in. to I2in. ; May and June ; 

 numerous varieties. 



Lamium 



aureum, golden-coloured fl. ; ift. 

 Galeobdolon aureum, golden- 

 bronzy 1. maculatum, 1. dark with 

 white stripe ; fl. purple ; May and 

 June. 



Phlox 



divaricata (canadensis), soft 

 blue ; ift. ; April to June. REPTANS, 

 deep rose ; 6in. ; April to June, subu- 

 lata Nelsoni, sheets of snowy- 

 white fl.; 6in.; April and May. VlVID, 

 brilliant rose, with car. centre ; fjin. 



7--0N ANNUALS AND BIENNIALS. 



Hardy Annuals (p. 212 to p. 240). 

 Adonis Argemone 



AUTUMNALis,fl. blood-red, with dark grandiflora, handsome glaucous 



May. 1. ; fl. snowy-white, withlgolden centres; 



centre ; ift. 



