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THE GARDENER'S ASSISTANT. 



whose beauty is in infinite variety, may best be 

 enjoyed in places almost by themselves, where 

 the eye would be undisturbed by the considera- 

 tion of other kinds of flowers. A garden of 

 Lilies may be made of great beauty, the groups 

 of Lilies appearing among dwarf and moderate- 

 sized shrubs and hardy Ferns. The Pseony 

 family is another example of a large range of 

 summer flowers that deserves such treatment, 

 in addition to their use in other places. A 

 whole wealth of garden beauty exists in this 

 one tribe alone, for, apart from those best 

 known — namely, the double varieties of the old 

 garden kind, the Chinese herbaceous, and the 

 old tree Paeony — there are many other kinds, 

 both species and their cultivated varieties, that 

 are now happily available for garden use. We 

 owe a great deal to the taste and labours of 

 some of the Continental nurserymen, who have 

 turned their attention to producing new and 

 beautiful forms of tree and herbaceous Pseonies, 

 while those at home have put at our disposal 

 many good species invaluable for garden use. 

 When they are better known, everyone who 

 cares for good hardy flowers will wish to grow 

 the delicate pale-yellow Pceonia JVittmanniana. 

 the rosy-scarlet P. lobata, P. hybrida with its 

 delicate foliage and brilliant flowers, also P. 

 Broteri and P. triternata, two of the noblest as 

 foliage plants. 



" Many a beautiful garden-picture may also 

 be made by the placing of quite a small number, 

 or even a single example, of some stately plant 

 in a quiet place by itself, such as a group of 

 IAlium giganteum, with its noble flower-spikes 

 and its broad glistening leaves. A group of 

 this grand Lily in partial shade, and backed by 

 trees or small shrubs, shows one of the stateliest 

 forms that can be seen of a flowering plant of 

 one year's growth. 



" Such another example is offered by the 

 Calif ornian Tree Poppy (Bom net/a Coulteri), 

 which, when well established, will grow in one 

 season into a bush 7 feet high, and as much 

 through. It is a remarkably beautiful plant, 

 and to an eye trained to harmonies of colour, 

 singularly pleasing in the relation of its large 

 milk-white flowers and pale blue-green leaves. 

 It delights in a sunny, well-sheltered place in a 

 light soil. 



" Old walls are easily made beautiful by sow- 

 ing a few seeds of Wallflowers, Snapdragons, 

 Red Valerian, and Rock Pinks, and even a heap 

 of hungry sand will grow to perfection the 

 handsome Lime Grass and the beautiful native 

 Sea Holly."— (Miss Jekyll.) 



I. — A selection of fifty perennials, 3 feet or more high, 

 for the herbaceous border. 



Acanthus mollis. 



,, ,, var. latifolius. 



Achillea Eupatorium. 

 Aconitum Lycoctonum. 



„ Napellus and vars. 



,, paniculatum. 

 Althaea ficifolia. 



,, rosea. 

 Anemone japonica. 

 Bocconia microcarpa. 

 Campanula latifolia. 



„ persicifolia, both vars. 

 Centaurea macrocephala. 

 Cephalaria alpina. 



,, tatarica. 



Cimicifuga racemosa. 

 Delphinium cardinale. 



„ hybridum vars. 



Doronicum plantagineum, var. 



excelsum. 

 Echinacea purpurea. 

 Echinops Ritro. 

 Eryngium amethystinum. 

 Ferula tingitana. 

 Helenium autumnale. 



„ „ var. striatum. 



Helianthus argophyllus 

 „ cucumerifolius. 



H. G. Moon. 



Helianthus lactiflorus. 



„ multiflorus major 



(single and double 

 vars.). 



,, rigidus. 



Inula glandulosa. 

 Lathyrus latifolius. 



,, ,, var. albus. 



,, rotundifolius. 

 Lychnis chalcedonica. 

 Malva Alcea. 

 Meconopsis Wallichii. 

 Monarda fistulosa. 

 Papaver orientale. 



„ ,, var. bracteatum. 



Pentstemon barbatus. 

 Phlox decussata. 

 Phormium ten ax. 

 Phygelius capensis. 

 Rudbeckia laciniata. 



„ nitida. 



Salvia virgata. 

 Senecio macrophyllus. 

 Sidalcea malvaeflora. 

 Silphium laciniatum. 

 Spiraea Aruncus. 

 Thalictrum aquilegifolium. 

 Veratrum nigrum. 

 Verbascum olympicum. 



II. — A selection of fifty perennials, 1 to 3 feet high, 

 for the herbaceous border. 



Aconitum orientale. 

 Anemone hortensis, var. f ulgens. 

 Anthemis tinctoria, vars. 

 Aquilegia chrysantha. 



,, ccerulea. 

 Buphthalmum salicifolium. 

 Centaurea purpurea. 

 Delphinium nudicaule. 

 Dicentra eximia. 



spectabilis. 

 Dictamnus Fraxinella. 

 Doronicum plantagineum. 

 Epiinedium pinnatum. 

 Erodium Manescavi. 

 Funkia ovata. 



„ Sieboldii. 

 Gaillardia aristata 



,, grandiflora. 



Galega officinalis. 

 Gentiana asclepiadea. 



,, lutea 

 Geum chiloense. 



coccineum pi. 

 Gillenia trifoliata. 

 Gypsophila paniculata. 

 Helenium pumilum. 

 Hemerocallis aurantiaca. 

 ,, flava. 



fulva. 

 Hesperis matronalis. 



III. — A selection of fifty perennials, less than 1 foot high, 

 for the herbaceous border. 



Heuchera sanguinea. 

 Incarvillea Delavayi. 

 Jasione perennis. 

 Liatris spicata. 

 Lobelia cardinalis. 

 Lupinus nootkatensis. 

 Lychnis Haageana. 



,, vespertina, fl. pi. 

 „ Viscaria splendens, pi. 

 Morina longifolia. 

 Othonnopsis cheirifolia 

 Paeonia, garden vars. 

 Pulmonaria arvernense. 

 Eudbeckia speciosa. 

 Scabiosa caucasica. 

 Sedum spectabile. 

 Senecio Doronicum. 

 Spiraea astilboides. 



,, palmata. 

 Statice latifolia. 



,, Limonium. 



,, sinensis. 

 Thermopsis caroliniana. 

 Tiarella cordifolia. 

 Tritonia hybrids. 

 Trollius asiaticus. 

 europaeus. 

 Veronica longifolia. 



,, spicata, var. alba. 



Acaena Buchanani. 



„ microphylla. 

 Adonis amurensis. 

 Ajuga genevensis. 

 Alyssum saxatile. 



var. citrinum. 

 Anemone blanda. 



„ coronaria. 



„ fulgens. 



„ palmata. 



„ Pulsatilla. 



,, Robinsoniana. 

 Arabis albida. 

 Arenaria grandiflora. 



Armeria alpina. 



Arnebia echioides. 



Aubrietia vars., e.g. Leichtlinii, 



var. rosea, W. Ingram, Dr. 



Miles. 

 Calamintha alpina. 

 Callirhoe involucrata. 

 Cardamine pratensis, pi. 

 Cheiranthus Marshallii. 

 Chrysogonum virginicum. 

 Coronilla cappadocica. 



„ iberica. 

 Crepis aurea. 

 rubra. 



