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BIE'KyilA'LS—cofitd. 



CEnothera 



BIENNIS, handsome yel. fl. ; 4ft. ; 

 July and August, bifrons, fl. yel. ; 



I^ft. GRANDIFLORA, vel. fl. ; 2ft. 



ODORATA, fl. at first yel.. turning 

 reddish as they fade ; ift. to 2(1. ; 

 April and May! TARAXACIFOLTA, fl. 

 white. 



Papaver 



ALPINUM, fl. Avhite, yel., rose, &c., 

 useful for rockwork ; 6in. ; middle 

 of summer. Gariepinum, numerous 

 light sc. fl. ; 3ft. nudicaule album, 

 white fl. ; ift. N. miniatum, orange- 

 red ; ift. 



Trachelium 



ca:RULEUM, sky-blue fl. ; 2ft.; 

 August, c. album, white fl. 



Verbascum 



Blattaria, stem varj-ing from Sin. 

 to 4ft. high ; fl. bright yel. Chaixii, 

 dark green 1. ; bright yel. fl.. lilac 

 stamens; 4ft. LiBANi, large yel. fl. ; 5ft. 

 PANNOSUM. large grey 1. ; fl. yel. ; 6ft. 



Wallflowers 



Bedfont Giant, fl. ^-el. ; 1. dark 

 green; ift. Golden King, early, 

 golden-yel. ; i^ft. Old Gold, fl. clear 

 yel., with dark cr. calyx; ift. 10 i^{t^ 

 Scarlet Queen ; Uft. 



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Acanthus 



HiSPANicus, fl. white ; 2ft. ; August. 

 mollis, large urnamentall. ; white fl. ; 

 3 ft. 



Achillea 



Eupatorium, fl. -heads golden } el. ; 

 3ft. ; millefolium roseum, fl. -heads 

 rose-coloured; 3ft. mongolica, pure 

 white single fl. ; i^ft. Ptarmica 

 Snowball, pure white dbl. fl. ; eft. 

 P. The Pearl, pure white dbl. fl. ; 

 2ft. tanacetifolia, large heads of 

 pale yel. fl. ; 2Kt. 



Aconitum 



autumnale, large lavender blue fl. ; 

 3ft. to 4ft. ; late autumn. Braunii, 

 fl. bluish-purple ; 4ft. ; July and 

 August, decorum, fl. deep purple. 

 JAPONICUM, fl. flesh-coloured ; 6ft. ; 

 July to September. PYRENAICUM, fl. 

 pale 3-el ; 3ft. to 4ft. 



Actaea 



alba, fl. white ; ift. to i^ft. ; May 

 and June. RACEMOSA, fl. white in long 

 racemes ; 3ft. SERPENTARIA, fl. white, 

 amall, in long trusses ; 4ft. ; May and 

 June. SPICATA fructu-rubro, small 

 white fl., succeeded by bright coral- 

 red berries; i|ft.; jNIay and June. 



Anchusa 



Barrelieri, fl. blue with white tube 

 and yel. throat; ift. to 2ft.; Mav. 

 B. FOLIA variegata, fl. blue ; 'l. 

 blotched with gold. italica, rich 



CEOUS PERENNIALS 



p. 286). 



Gentian-blue fl. ; 3ft. : June to August. 

 MYOSOTIDIFLORA, fine blue fl., throat 

 yel. ; lit. ; July. 



Aquilegia 



CANADENSIS, fl. SC., tipped with 

 green ; 2ift. C. NANA, deep sc. and 

 yel. fl. ; ift. ccerulea lutea, large 

 light yel. fl. nivea grandiflora, 

 white semi-dbl. flowers. Skinneri, 

 1. glaucous ; fl. orange-sc. with long 

 spurs. 



Armeria 



CEPHALOTES ALBA, white; ift.; 

 ]May to August ; C. rubra, deep red 

 fl. ; I ft. : May to July, dianthoides, 

 fl. light pink; May and June. 

 Laucheana, dense compact green 

 tufts, small spikes of red fl. ; 6in.; ]S[ay 

 to August. maritima, fl. pink or 

 lilac ; 6in. to I2in. ; June to August. 

 M. alba. fl. white. 



Arnebia 



echioides, fl. tubular, rich golden- 

 yel., "«-ith five black spots, which 

 graduall)- fade ; ift. ; April to July. 



Arnica 



Chamissonis, fl. -heads yel. : ift. 

 MONTANA, orange-yel. ; gin. ; July and 

 August. 



Asclepias 



INCARNATA, rosy-purple, fragrant : 

 3ft. ; July. TUBERo'sA, fragrant, bright 

 orange fl. ; 2ft. ; Juh\ 



