APPENDIX. 



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ON HARDY HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS— contd. 



Aster 



CORDIFOLIDS, lavender-blue ; 2jft. ; 

 August and September, corymbosus, 

 small creamy-white fl. ; i|ft. FORMO- 

 SISS1MUS, rosy-lilac; 41ft; August 

 and September. Linosyris (Goldi- 

 locks), flax-like 1. ; showy yel. fl. ; 2ft. ; 

 July and August. Novas-ANGLLE 

 RUBER, cr. ; 4ft. ; September and 

 October. N.-A. William Bowman, 

 violet-purple with golden-bronze disc ; 

 3ft. ; September and October. Novi- 

 Belgii Neptune, bluish-purple ; 

 3jft. ; September and October. N.-B. 

 Robert Parker, bluish-lilac with yel. 

 centre ; 5ft. ; September and October. 

 paniculatus, lavender ; 3ft. ; August 

 and September, stellata, reddish 

 shade ; 3ft. ; September and October. 

 versicolor, white shading to rose ; 

 3ft. ; August and September. 



Baptisia 



australis, racemes of showy blue 

 Pea-shaped fl. ; 3ft. ; June and July. 

 leucantha, fl. white in erect 

 racemes ; 3ft. 



Boltonia 



asteroides, fl. flesh-coloured, Daisy- 

 like; 2ft. to 4ft.; August. A. DECUR- 

 RENS, pink Michaelmas Daisy-like fl. ; 

 4ft.; September and October. GLASTI- 

 folia, fl. pink; ijft. to 3ft.; Sep- 

 tember. 



Buphthalmum 



GRANDlFLORUM.fl.-headsyel. ; ijft.; 

 June to September, salicifolium, 

 showy golden-yel. fl. ; 2ft. ; July to 

 September. SPECIOSUM, massive 1. ; 

 large orange-coloured fl.; 3ft. ; June 

 to September. 



Caltha 



leptosepala, fl. white ; 9m. ; May 

 and June, palustris flore pleno, 

 suitable for moist places ; dbl. golden- 

 yel. fl. ; 9m. ; April and May. P. 

 PURPURASCENS, purplish stems and 

 yel. fl. RADICANS, bright yel. ; 6in. ; 

 April and May. 



Campanula 



alliarlsfolia, fl. white; 3ft. 

 GLOMERATA ALBA, white; Ijft. ; May 

 to July. GRANDIS, blue fl. ; 3ft. ; May 

 and June, lactiflora, fl. white, 

 tinged blue ; 2ft. to 4ft. ; June and 

 July. LATIFOLIA MACRANTHA, pur- 



ple; 3ft.; June to August. L. M. alba, 

 pure white fl. punctata, fl. white, 

 spotted red on inner surface ; i\ft. 



Centaurea 



albicans, fl. white ; I ft. ; July and 

 August, babylonica, silvery-white 

 1. ; Thistle-like heads of yel. fl. ; 6ft. ; 

 July and August. Parlatoris, L 

 silvery, deeply-cut ; 2ft. uniflora, 

 fl. heads purple; 9m. to 15m. 



Centranthus 



RUBER, rose-coloured fl. in dense 

 heads ; 2ft. ; May to August. R. 

 albus, fl. white. 



Chrysanthemum 



argenteum, fl.-heads white ; ift. ; 

 July, latifolium, large snow-white 

 fl., yel. centres ; 2ft. ; July to October. 

 Leucanthemum grandiflorum, 

 pure white fl. ; 2ft. L. Semi-Duplex, 

 fl. with slender white petals in centre ; 

 June to August. maximum fili- 

 FORME or fimbriatum, white thread- 

 like petals ; 2ft. ; June to August. 



Chrysogonum 



virginianum, bright golden fl. ; 

 ift. 



Cimicifuga 



cokdifolia, black stems ; spikes of 

 white feathery fl. ; 3ft. to 4ft. ; August 

 and September. japonica, feathery 

 white fl. ; 2ft. RACEMOSA, large glossy 

 1. ; long graceful racemes of drooping 

 white fl. ; 4ft. ; July to September. 



Codonopsis 



ovata, bell-shaped blue fl., speckled 

 white. 



Delphinium 



brunonianum, purplish-blue, Musk- 

 scented ; 2 ift. ; July, cashmirianum, 

 fl. lilac-blue ; l|ft. ; July. c. album, 

 variety with white fl. ELATUM CCELES- 

 tinum, fl. light blue; 3ft. grandi- 

 florum album, fl. satiny white ; 2ft. 

 Zalil, branching spikes of clear yel. 

 fl. ; 2ft. ; July and August. 



Digitalis 



gloxini^flora, fl. yel. ; '3ft. G. 

 ALBA, large white fl. G. purpurea, 

 purple-cr. spotted fl. grandiflora, 

 yel. ; 3ft. ; July and August, laevi- 

 gata, fl. dull yel., with white lip; 2ft. 

 to 3ft. ; July, lanata, small whitish 



