THE BOOK OF GARDENING. 



ON HARDY HERBACEOUS PEREXXIALS— aw/^/. 



MONSPELIACUS, large yel. fl. ; ift. ; 

 April and May. 



Rudbeckia 



Al'tu^^in Glory, fl. rich yel. with 

 deep bronze central cone ; 5ft. ; Sep- 

 tember and October. Golden Glow, 

 fl. double, bright yel. ; 5ft. lacinl\ta 

 GRANDIFLORA, large clear yel. fl.; 5ft. ; 

 August and September. PURPUREA, 

 reddish-purple; 4ft.; September. 



Salvia 



GRANDIFLORA, fl. blue ; 2ft. ; July 

 and August, pratensis, bright violet ; 

 2ft. ; June to August. P. ROSEA, 

 fl. rose-coloured; 2ft. Verbenaca, 

 fl. violet ; i^ft. to 2ft. ; July and 

 August. 



Scabiosa 



caucasica, lilac-blue; iKt. ; June 

 to September, c. ALBA, pure white 

 fl. Columbaria latifolia, fl. rose- 

 lilac ; 3 ft. GRAMINIFOLIA, fl. pale 

 lilac ; ift. to i^t. ; June to September. 

 LUTEA, light yel. ; 3ft. ; July to Sep- 

 tember. OCHROLEUCA, fl. sulphur- 

 yel. ; 2ft. ; July to September. 



Silphium 



LACINIATUM, fl. yel. ; 3ft. ; July. 

 PERFOLIATUM, large 1. ; bright yel. fl. ; 

 4ft. ; June to September, scaberinum, 

 fl. yel. ; 4ft. ; August to October. TRI- 

 foliatu:m, fl. bright yel. ; 4ft. ; August 

 and September. 



Thalictrum 



ANGUSTi folium, fl. pale yel. ; 3ft. ; 



June. AQUILEGIFOLIUM ALBUM, fl. 



white ; 4ft. A. PURPUREUM, fl. purple. 

 FLAVUM, fine-cut 1. ; yel. fl. ; 4ft. ; 

 July and August, minus affine, fl. 

 pale yel. ; ift. ; June and July. 



Valeriana 



officinalis, fl. pink ; 3ft. ; June. 

 Phu aurea. young 1. bright golden- 

 yel ; white fl. ; 2ft. ; August. 



Veratrum 



album, massive 1. ; white fl. ; 3ft. ; 

 June and July. A. Lobelianum, fl. 

 greenish-white ; 4ft. ; June to August. 

 Maackii, fl. dark purple ; 2ft. 

 NIGRUM, blackish-purple fl. ; 2ft. to 

 3ft. ; June to August. yiride, fl. 

 greenish; 4ft.; June to August. 



9.-ON 



(P- 



Acaena 



argentea, fl. bro^^Tl; 6in. 

 myriophylla, bri 



August. 



fern-like 1. ; 6in. pulchella, fl. 

 spicuous; 1. bronze 



June to 

 p-ht lire en 

 incon- 



a creeping species. 



Ajuga 



genevensis, flesh-coloured ; gin. ; 

 June to September. G. variegata, 

 beautifully-coloured 1. reptans, blue ;' 

 6in. ; May. R. atropurpurea, 1. dark 

 purple; fl. blue. R. YARIEGATA, 1. 

 w^hite vai legated. 



Androsace 



FILIFORMIS, fl. white; ift.; May. 

 foliosa, heads of rose-coloured fl'.; 

 July. Laggeri, fl. pink ; March. 

 LANUGINOSA Leichtlini, fl. rose. 



Campanula 



Erinus, pale blue starry fl. fra- 

 GILIS, pale blue ; pin. ; JuIy and August. 

 isophylla, traihng habit ; bright 

 blue fl. ; 6in. ; June to September. 



4in. 

 4in. ; 



; May 

 July. 



ROCK PLANTS 



287 to p. 302). 



PORTENSCHLAGIANA, blue 



to August. PUMILA, blue ; 

 p. ALBA, pure white ; 4in. 



Cheiranthus 



Allioni, fl. yel. ; gin. 

 June. ALPINUS, heads of fragrant pale 

 yel. fl. ; ift. ; May to August. A, 

 Marshalli, fl. orange - yel ; 6in. 

 Harpur Crewe (Golden Drop), fl. 

 dbl. yel. ; gin. mutabilis, purple fl., 

 changing to bronze, ift. 



]Mav and 



Chrysanthemum 



CATANANCHE, fl. heads yel. ; 4in. to 

 bin. CAUCASICUM^ small white Daisy- 

 like fl. ; 3in. 



Coronilla 



cappadocica iberica, trailing ; 

 bright yel. Pea-shaped fl. ; deep green 1. 



Crucianella 



STYLOSA, neat trailing ; pink fl. ;: 

 gin. ; July to September, 

 fl. rosv-crimson. 



s. Brilliant^ 



