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THE BOOK OF GARDENING. 



BIENNIALS— contd. 

 CEnothera 



biennis, handsome yel. fl. ; 4ft. ; 

 July and August, bifrons, fl. yel. ; 



Ijft. GRANDIFLORA, yel. fl. ; 2ft. 

 ODORATA, fl. at first yel., turning 

 reddish as they fade ; ift. to 2ft. ; 

 April and May! taraxacifolia, fl. 

 white. 



Papaver 



alpinum, fl. white, yel., rose, &c, 

 useful for rockwork ; 6in. ; middle 

 of summer. Gariepinum, numerous 



light SC. fl. ; 3ft. NUDICAULE ALBUM, 



white fl. ; ift. N. miniatum, orange- 

 red; ift. 



Trachelium 



cceruleum, sky-blue fl. ; 2ft. ; 

 August, c. album, white fl. 



Verbascum 



Blattaria, stem varying from 8in. 

 to 4ft. high ; fl. bright yel. Chaixii, 

 dark green 1. ; bright yel. fl., lilac 

 stamens; 4ft. Libani, large yel.fl.; 5ft. 

 PANNOSUM, large grey 1. ; fl. yel. ; 6ft. 



Wallflowers 



Bedfont Giant, fl. yel. ; 1. dark 

 green ; ift. Golden King, early, 

 golden-yel. ; 1 Jft. Old Gold, fl. clear 

 yel., with dark cr. calyx; ift. to Ijft. 

 Scarlet Queen ; 1 Jft. 



8.-ON HARDY HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS 



(p. 260 to p. 286). 



Acanthus 



hispanicus, fl. white ; 2ft. ; August. 

 MOLLIS, large ornamental 1. ; white fl. ; 

 3ft- 

 Achillea 



Eupatorium, fl.-heads golden yel. ; 



3ft. ; MILLEFOLIUM ROSEUM, fl.-heads 

 rose-coloured ; 3ft. mongolica, pure 

 white single fl. ; ijft. Ptarmica 

 Snowball, pure white dbl. fl. ; -ft. 

 P. The Pearl, pure white dbl. fl. ; 

 2ft. tanacetifolia, large heads of 

 pale yel. fl. ; 2jft. 



Aconitum 



autumnale, large lavender blue fl. ; 

 3ft. to 4ft. ; late autumn. Braunii, 

 fl. bluish-purple ; 4ft. ; July and 

 August, decorum, fl. deep purple. 

 JAPONICUM, fl. flesh-coloured ; 6ft. ; 

 July to September, pyrenaicum, fl. 

 pale yel. ; 3ft. to 4ft. 



Actaea 



alba, fl. white ; ift. to 1 Jft. ; May 

 and June, racemosa, fl. white in long 

 racemes ; 3ft. serpentaria, fl. white, 

 amall, in long trusses ; 4ft. ; May and 

 June, spicata fructu-rubro, small 

 white fl., succeeded by bright coral- 

 red berries; 1 Jft. ; May and June. 



Anchusa 



Barrelieri, ft blue with white tube 

 and yel. throat ; ift. to 2ft. ; May. 

 B. folia variegata, fl. blue; 1. 

 blotched with gold. italica, rich 



Gentian-blue fl. ; 3ft. ; June to August. 

 myosotidiflora, fine blue fl., throat 

 yel. ; ift. ; July. 



Aquilegia 



canadensis, fl. sc, tipped with 

 green; 2^ft. C. nana, deep sc. and 

 yel. fl. ; ift. ccerulea lutea, large 

 light yel. fl. NrvEA grandiflora, 

 white semi-dbl. flowers. Skinneri, 

 1. glaucous ; fl. orange-sc. with long 

 spurs. 



Armeria 



cephalotes alba, white ; ift. ; 

 May to August ; c rubra, deep red 

 fl. ; ift. ; May to July, dianthoides, 

 fl. light pink; May and June. 

 Laucheana, dense compact green 

 tufts, small spikes of red fl. ; 6in.; May 

 to August, maritima, fl. pink or 

 lilac ; 6iri. to I2in. ; June to August. 

 m. alba, fl. white. 



Arnebia 



echioides, fl. tubular, rich golden- 

 yel., with five black spots, which 

 gradually fade ; ift. ; April to July. 



Arnica 



Chamissonis, fl.-heads yel. ; ift. 

 MONTANA, orange-yel. ; o.in. ; July and 

 August. 



Asclepias 



INCARNATA, rosy-purple, fragrant ; 

 3ft.; July, tuberosa, fragrant, bright 

 orange fl. ; 2ft. ; July. 



