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because its lily -like blossoms seldom last beyond a day. Its flowers 

 are yellow, and although they are of short duration there is a 

 plentiful succession, so that the plant continues to display its 

 beauty and to give out its agreeable fragrance for a considerable 

 length of time. It is admirable for cutting, and shows to peculiar 

 advantage in vases mingled with graceful foliage. Another beautiful 

 yellow sort, H. Dumortieri, from North Asia is charmingly fragrant. 

 There are also white and blue varieties equally attractive. They 

 grow well in any good garden soil, and are not averse to partial 

 shade and moist places, and would, therefore, in the stronger species, 

 be av^ailable for introducing into groves by stream and pond sides. 

 Henna. See Lawsonia inermis. 



Hepatica. — A modest member of the Anemone family, of European 

 origin. It flowers in early spring, and in a wild state they are 

 generally hidden amongst stronger-growing plants in woods or on 

 banks, a subtle fragrance hovering over them betraying their 

 whereabouts. A delightful little plant, bearing scented blossoms in 

 various shades of colour, and worthy of more prominence than is 

 at present given it. 



Hermannia fragrans. — Compact growing evergreen shrubs from South 

 Africa, with nodding sweet-scented flowers, produced in clusters. 



Herniaria glabra. — A British shrub with scented leaves, not unfre- 

 quent in tlie Devonshire lanes. 



Herreria. — A tribe of liliaceous plants from South America allied to 

 the Anthericum, bearing racemes of scented flowers. 



Hesperantha. — A genus of Cape bulbous plants remarkable for ex- 

 panding their sweet-scented flowers in the evening when the air is 

 warm and dry. 



Hesperis matronalis (Boiihle-icJiite RocJcet). — A native of Europe, 

 and one of the most fragrant ornaments of our gardens ; although 

 an easily cultivated perennial, it is rarely seen outside nursery 

 collections. The scent of its dainty white flowers is strongest in 

 the evening. H, fragrans is another scented variety from Siberia 

 with purple flowers, whilst H. tristis is night-scented. 



Hesperoscordum lacteum {Missouri Hyacinth). — A bulbous plant 

 from Missouri, with white, star-like, sweet-scented flowers. 



Heteromelles arbutifolia. — A Calif ornian evergreen plant, resembling 

 the Arbutus of our gardens ; the fragrance of its pure white flowers 

 is very similar to the Hawthorn. 



Heterotropha asaroides. — A singular plant from Japan, bearing a 

 dull purple flower possessing the perfume of a ripe Apple. 



Hibiscus. — A genus of sub-tropical flowering shrubs, of great beauty 

 in size and colour of the blossoms, only a very few however possess 



