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THE BOOK OF GARDENING. 



ON HARDY HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS— contd. 



fl., netted inside with brown; 2ft.; 

 July and August. 



Dracocephalum 



GRANDIFLORUM (ALTAICENSE), blue ; 



6in. ; July. Ruyschianum (argu- 

 nense), fl. blue ; ijft. ; June to 

 August. R. superbum, rich Gentian- 

 blue fl. speciosum, fragrant, pinkish- 

 blue fl. ; I Jft. ; June to August. 



Echinops 



bannaticus (ruthenicus), fl.blue ; 

 3lt. ; July and August. Ritro, curious 

 hedgehog-like heads of blue fl. ; 3ft. ; 

 July and August. SPIMROCEPHALUS, 

 laciniated silvery 1. ; heads of white fl. ; 

 4ft. ; August and September. 



Eryngium 



amethystinum, fl. metallic blue, 

 stems blue; 2jft.; August, dichoto- 

 mdm, blue fl., in round heads ; 3jft. .; 

 August and September, maritimum, 

 silvery grey 1. ; pale blue fl. ; ift. ; 

 July and August. planum, blue, 

 round 'Phistle-likeheads; 3ft. ; July and 

 August. 



Eupatorium 



ageratoides, heads of white 

 Ageratum-like fl. ; 3ft. ; August and 

 September. aromaticum (melis- 

 ■Soides), fl. white; 4ft. ; July and 

 August, cannabinum, fl. reddish- 

 purple; 3ft.; July, purpuredm, fl. 

 purple; 3ft. to '5ft. ; August and 

 September. 



Gaillardia 



Aurora, yel., with orange-sc. disk. 

 ■Collina, cr., with gold edge. James 

 Kelway, dazzling sc, golden edge. 

 Magician, orange-sc, with rich yel. 

 border. Mr. Pitcher, fiery cr., bright 

 yel. margin. St. Blaise, blood-red, 

 ■edged with yel. Vivian Grey, large 

 yel. William Kelway, bright sc, 

 with golden edge. 



Geranium 



armenum, fl. purple-cr. with black 

 Yeins ; 2ft. ; June and July. Endressi, 

 fl. bright rose ; 2ft. ; May to August. 

 ibericum, fl. large purple-blue ; 2ft. ; 

 June and July, sanguineum, cr. ; 

 ift.; July. s. LANCASTRIENSE, soft 

 pink fl., veined purple, gin. ' Walli- 

 chianum, large blue or purple fl. ; 

 <>m. ; June. 



Geum 



chiloense MlxiATUM, orange-sc. ; 

 1 ift. ; July. reptans, yel.; 6in. ; 

 June and July, strictum, striped; 

 ift. ; June and July, sylvaticum, 

 yel. ; Ijft. ; April to August. 



Helenium 



autumnale pumilum, fl. yel.; ift.; 

 August. Bigklovii, fl. yel. with 

 brown disk ; 4ft. ; August and Sep- 

 tember, striatum, deep orange, 

 striped and blotched cr. ; 3ft. ; August 

 and September. 



Helianthus 



giganteus, bright yel. fl. ; 5ft. to 

 7ft. ; August and September, multi- 

 florus Bouquet d'Or, fl. very dbl., 

 rich golden yel. ; 4ft. RIGIDUS grandi- 

 FLORUS, golden yel.', with dark brown 

 centre ; 4ft. ; July and August. 

 R. Miss Mellish, large duplex fl., 

 bright orange-yel. ; 4ft. ; August and 

 September. R. semi-plenus, hand- 

 some golden-yel. semi-dbl. fl. ; 4ft. ; 

 September and October. 



Helonias 



latifolia, suitable for damp situ- 

 ations ; handsome purple fl. ; I Jft. ; 

 June and July. 



Heuchera 



AMERICANA, fl. reddish; l£ft. 

 GLABRA, fl. white or pink ; ift. ; June 

 and July. MrcRANTHA, fl. cream- 

 coloured; 2 ft. 



Hieracium 



aurantiacum, heads of deep 

 orange-coloured fl. ; ijft. ; May to 

 August. villoSum, fl. golden yel. ; 1. 

 downy ; ift. 



Inula 



ENSIFOL] \, fl. yel. ; 1 Jit. ; July and 

 August, grandiflora, bold massive 

 1. ; handsome yel. fl. ; 2ft. MONTANA, 

 fl. yel. ; i^ft. ; August. 



Linum 



FI.AVUM, fl. yel. ; ift. ; June to 

 August. narbonense, drooping 

 habit; mass of sky-blue fl. ; ift.; June 

 to August. 



Lupinus 



ARBOREUS, terminal racemes of fra- 

 grant bright yel. fl. ; 3ft.; June to 



