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lonica (Babylonian), yollow ; 6 to 10 feet. C. 

 glastiiolia (wood-leaved), yellow ; 3 feet. C. 

 macrocephala (large-headed), yellow; 4 to ~j 

 feet. C. montana (mountain), blue, white, red, 

 or sulphur ; li to 2 feet. All of easy growth in 

 ordinary soil. Division. 

 Chelone. — Pretty plants with long spikes. C. 

 lyoni, purple ; 3 to 4 feet. C. obliqua, purple ; 

 eet. 



Chrysanthemum (Summer Flowering). — See 

 Florists' Flowers. 



Chrysanthemum.— Useful for cutting. C. latifolium 

 (Broad-leaved), 3 to 4 feet; white. C. 1. "A 1," 

 white ; 6 feet. C. maximum (Greatest), white ; 

 2 to 3 feet. Numerous varieties under name are 

 good. Elaine, filiferum, G. H. Sage, Maurice 

 Prichard, Margaret Marwood, Autocrat, F. C. 

 Moore, and others. All are of easy culture in 

 any soil. Sun. Division. 



Cimicifuga (Bugwort).— Handsome border plants with 

 long spikes of small white flowers. C. japonica 

 (Japan), 5 feet. C. racemosa, 6 feet. C. dahurica, 

 5 feet. Good soil. Sun or partial shade. Division. 



Clematis. — Non-climbing Clematis suitable for 

 flower borders are C. Davidiana, pale blue ; 4 feet. 

 C. integrifolia, blue ; 4 feet. C. recta, white ; 

 4 feet. 



Coreopsis (Tickseed). — Graceful yellow composites 

 good for cutting. C. grandiflora (large- flowered 

 T.), 3 to 4 feet. C. lanceolata (Fig. 126), 3 to 4 

 feet. Light soil. Sun. Seed or division. Eenew 

 occasionally. 



Dahlias. — These are very useful in the mixed border. 

 See Florists' Flowers. 



Delphiniums. — The noble spikes of the improved 

 Perennial Larkspurs are very fine. For names of 

 select varieties see Florists' Flowers. The 

 annual larkspurs are also very effective. See 

 Annuals. D. cardinale, scarlet ; 3 feet. D. me- 

 dicaule, scarlet ; 2 feet. D. zalil (sulphureum), 

 yellow ; 3^ feet, are best treated as biennials. 



Dianthus barbatus (Sweet William). — Well known 

 and often useful in the border. Various; 1 \ feet; 

 biennials. For carnations and picotees (varieties 

 of D. caryophyllus) and pinks (D. plumarius) see 

 Florists' Flowers. Good dianthi will also be 

 found under Eock Plants. 



Dictamnus (Bastard Dittany, Fraxinella). — Good 

 plants with long spikes of flowers. D. fraxi- 

 nella, purple. D. f. alba, white; \\ feet. D. 

 caucasicus, 1\ feet ; purple. Seed or division. 

 Sun. Any soil, but stand drought well. Seed 

 germinates slowly if old. 



Echinacea (Purple Cone-flower). — Handsome and 

 distinct-looking flower with cone-Uko centre and 

 purple rays. E. purpurea (syn. rudbeckia), 2 to 



Fig. 126. CoBEOPSIS LANCEOLATA. 



3 feet. Seed or division. Sun. Good soil. 

 Flowers about August. 

 Echinops (Globe Thistle). — Distinct-looking plants 

 with round thistle-like heads of flowers. E. 

 bannaticus (Hungarian), blue ; 3 to 4 feet. E. 



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