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THE BOOK OF GARDENING. 



OX HARDY HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL S—rt^;z/^/. 



fl.. netted inside vdih brown; 2ft.; 

 July and August. 



Dracocephalum 



GEANDIFLORrM(ALTAICEXSEj,blue ; 



6in. ; July. Ruyschianum (argu- 

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

 August. R. SUPERBUM, rich Gentian- 

 blue fl. SPECIOSUM, fragrant, pinkish- 

 blue fl. ; i^t. ; June to August. 



Echinops 



BANNATICUS (RUTHEXICUS), fl. blue ; 



3(t. ; July and August. RiTRO, curious 

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

 July and August, sph.erocephalus, 

 laciniated silver}- 1. ; heads of white fl. ; 

 4ft. ; August and September. 



Eryng-ium 



aaiethvstixum, fl. metallic blue, 

 stems blue; 2ift.; August. DICHOTO- 

 MUM, blue fl., in round heads ; 32^ft. ; 

 August and September. :srARiTi:MUM, 

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

 July and August. planum, blue, 

 Tound Thistle-like heads ; 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. CAXNABixuM, fl. reddisli- 

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

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

 September. 



Gaillardia 



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

 ■Collixa, cr., with gold edge. James 

 Kelway, dazzling sc., golden edge. 

 ^Iagiciax', orange-sc, with rich yel. 

 border. Mr. Pitcher, fiery cr., bright 

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

 ■edged with yel. ViviAX Grey, large 

 yel. Willia:^! Kelway, bright sc., 

 "with golden edge. 



Geranium 



ARMEXUM, fl. purple-cr. with black 

 veins ; 2ft. ; June and July. ExDRESSi, 

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

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

 June and July, saxguixeum, cr. ; 

 ift. ; July. s. laxcastriexse, soft 

 pink fl., veined purple, gin. Walli- 

 GHiAXi;-:vr, large blue or purple fl. ; 

 6in. ; June. 



Geum 



chiloense mixiatum, orange-sc. ; 

 i^ft. ; July. reptaxs, yel. ; 6in. ; 

 June and July. STRICTUM, striped ; 

 ift. ; June and July. SYLVATICUM, 

 yel. ; i^ft. ; April to August. 



Helenium 



autumxale pumilum. fl. yel.; ift.; 

 August. Bigelovii, 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 GRAXDI- 

 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-PLEXUS, hand- 

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

 September and October. 



Helonias 



latifolia. suitable for damp situ- 

 ations ; handsome purple fl. ; ijft. ; 

 June and July. 



Heuchera 



AMERICAXA, fl. reddish ; i^ft. 

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

 and July. :micraxtha, fl. cream- 

 coloured; 2 ft. 



Hieracium 



aurantiacum, heads of deep 

 orange-coloured fl. ; ijft. ; May to 

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

 downy ; ift. 



Inula 



EXSIFOLIA, fl. yel. ; i^ft. ; July and 

 August. GRAXDIFLORA, bold massive 

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

 fl. yel. ; ihft. ; August. 



Linum 



FLAYUM, fl. yel. ; ift. ; June to 

 August. xarboxexse, drooping 

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

 to August. 



Lupinus 



ARBOREUS, terminal racemes of fra- 

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



