THE BOOK OF GARDENING. 



SUB-TROPICAL BEDDERS— r^;, 

 fan-shaped 1. Seaforthia elegans 



(PtYCHOSPERMA CUNNINGHAMIANA), 



large pinnate 1. 

 Yucca 



ANGUSTIFOLIA, numerous narrow 

 stiff L, r^ft. to 2ft. long; fl. stem 



Carpet Bedders 



Cerastium 



ALPINUM, 1. with silky hairs ; fl. 

 white ; June and July. Biebersteinii, 

 fl. white ; 6in. ; May to July. GRANDI- 

 FLORUM, woolly green 1., profusion of 

 snowy-white fl. pennsylvanicum, 1. 

 silvery- white. 



Herniaria 



GLABRA AUREA, a handsome golden 

 variety. 



Mentha 



AUREUM, yel. 1. ; 3in. 



Nepeta 



Glechoma variegata, dwarf trail- 

 ing, with handsome variegated 1. 



3ft. to 4ft. long, terminating in 

 a spike of greenish-white fl. fila- 

 mentosa, creamy-white fl. ; 3ft. ; 

 July and August. GLORIOSA, 1. 

 in a dense rosette ; fl. white, 

 tinged outside with rose ; July and 

 August. 



(p. 191 to p. 203). 



Pyrethrum 



LACINIATU.M, a variety of the 

 Golden Feather with beautifully cut 

 golden 1. 



Sedum 



ACRE AUREL M, 1. and tips of shoots 

 bright golden-yel. album, fl. white ; 

 fl. stems pinkish. brevifolii'M, white 

 fl. ; 3in. COM.MOLII, 4in. PALLIDUM, 

 blue-grey 1. rupestre, 1. tinged Avith 

 red. SPATHULIFOLIUM, yel. fl. ; 6in. 

 terxatum, white fl. ; 6in. ; April and 

 ]SIay. 



Thymus 



ciTRiODORus AUREUS, golden-yel. 1. 



Spring Bedders (p. 203 to p. 208). 



Alyssum 



ALPESTRE, large golden-yel. fl. ; 

 6in. ; April and May. gemonense 

 SULPHUREUM, pale lemon-coloured fl. ; 

 6in. ; suitable also for rockery. 

 MONTANUM, yel. fl. ; 6in. ; June. 

 saxatile variegatum, 1. variegated. 

 SERPYLLIFOLIUM, fl. pale yel. ; 3in. to 

 4in. ; April to June. 



Daisy 



Monster, very large fl., red, speckled 

 white. Rob Roy (rubens), cr.-sc. fl. 

 Rosy Gem, rose-coloured fl. Snow- 

 flake, pure white. The Bride, large 

 dbl. snowy-white fl. on long stalks. 



Iberis 



gibraltarica hybrida, fl. creamy- 

 white, changing to rosy-purple ; ift. ; 

 May and June. Little Gem, dwarf 



bushy habit ; fl. pure white. SEMPER - 

 viRENS Snow Queen, compact habit ; 

 large pure white fl. ; gin. umbel- 

 LATA, fl. usually purplish but \'ery 

 variable ; 6in. to I2in. ; May and June ; 

 numerous varieties. 



Lamium 



AUREUM, golden-coloured fl. ; ift. 

 Galeobdolon AUREUM, golden- 

 bronzy 1. MACULATUM, 1. dark with 

 white stripe ; fl. purple ; May and 

 June. 



Phlox 



DIVARICATA (CANADENSIS), Soft 



blue ; ift. ; April to June, reptans, 

 deep rose ; 6in. ; Apiil to June. SUBU- 

 LATA Nelsoni, sheets of snowy- 

 white fl. ; 6in. ; April and May. ViViD, 

 brilliant rose, with car. centre ; 6in. 



7.— ON ANNUALS 

 Hardy Annuals 



Adonis 



AUTUMNALIS, fl. blood-red, with dark 

 centre ; ift. ; May. 



AND BIENNIALS. 



(p. 212 to p. 240). 



Argemone 



grandiflora, handsome glaucous 

 1. ; fl. snowy- white, withlgolden centres; 



