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ELLWANGER & B ABETS CATALOGUE. 



HEPATICA. Liver Leaf. 



Very effective and charming spring flowering 

 perennials. 



H. triloba. Eound-lobed Hepatica. 

 Flowers blue, purple, or almost white. 



HESPEKIS. 



H. matroDalis fl. albo pleuo. Double- 

 flowering Rocket. One of the finest hardy 

 herbaceous plants, with spikes of clear white flow- 

 ers from 10 to 18 inches long ; very fragrant. 

 June. 30 cents. 



HEPATICA triloba. 



HIERACIUM. Hawkweecl. 



H. aurantiaeuin. Deep orange-red flowers ; 1 foot. June. 



HIBISCUS. Rose MalloAV. 



The Hibiscus are among the largest and most showy of herbaceous plants. 



H. ^•audiflorus albus. Large, showy, white flowers in August; 4 to 5 

 feet. 



H. grandiflorus roseus. Large, showv, rose flowers in August; 4 to 5 



feet. 



HYPERICUM. St. Jolin's Wort. 



H. calycinuni. A very showy, trailing shrub ; flowers bright yellow ; all 

 summer ; 12 inches. 50 cents. 



HYSSOPUS. Hyssop. 



H. officinalis. Blue flowers in a terminal spike. 



H. officinalis alba. White flowers in a terminal spike. 



IBERIS. Perennial Candytuft. 



Profuse blooming little plants, well suited for 

 rockeries, stunips, edgings, etc. 



I. COrif Olia. A dwarf form ; compact 

 heads of pure white flowers in early spring. 30 

 cents. 



I. Gibraltarica. Flowers large, white? 

 tinted with red ; fine. 30 cents. 



I. Jucunda. The smallest of its family, 

 growing only about 2j inches high. The leaves 

 are minute, and the flowers are in tiny clusters, of 

 a pleasing flesh color, and veined with rose in 

 early summer. 



I. sempervirens. Evergreen Candy- 

 tuft. Of spreading habit ; flowers pure white, 

 completely covering the plant witli bloom ; one 

 of the finest border plants. Valuable for forcing. 

 April or May. 30 cents. 



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IBERIS SEMPERVIRENS. 



I. tenoriana. A neat species, of dwarf growtli, that produces in summer a 

 profusion of white flowers, changing to purple. 



