SUMMER BORDER FLOWERS. 



So lid ago (Golden Bod). — Nearly all too coarse for 

 the border. S. virgaurea nana (dwarf), yellow ; 

 1 foot is the most suitable. Division. Any soil. 

 Sun or shade. 



Spir.tca (Meadow-sweet). — Very beautiful and in- 

 valuable plants with plumes or corymbs of 

 flowers. For shrubby species, see Siirubs. 

 S. aruncus (goat's-beard), white ; 3 to 5 feet. 

 S. astilboides, white ; 2 feet. S. Kamtschatica 

 (gigantea), white ; 8 to 10 feet. S. filipendula 

 fl. pi. (double dropwort), white ; 1 to 2 feet. 

 S. lobata (queen of the prairie), 2 to 3 feet, rose 

 carmine. S. palinata, rosy-crimson ; 2 to 4 feet. 

 S. p. alba, white. S. ulmaria, aureo-variegata, 

 useful fol. plant, 2 feet. S. venusta, rosy- 

 crimson ; 3 feet. Division. Light, moist soil. 

 Sun or shade. 



Statice (Sea-Lavender). — Graceful-looking plants 

 when in flower. S. latifolium (broad-leaved), 

 blue; 2 to 3 feet. S. limonium alba (white), 

 white ; 9 to IS inches. S. tartarica (tartarian), 

 red; 9 to 12 inches. There are many other 

 hardy, half-hardy, and annual species. Seed or 

 division. Dryish sod. Sun. 



Thermorsis. — Rather showy plants, with lupine-like 

 flowers. Troublesome on account of their running 

 habit in borders. 2 to 3 feet high. T. montana 

 and T. fabacea have yellow flowers. Good soil. 

 Sun. Seed. 



Tradescantia. — Old-fashioned flowers, of consider- 

 able beauty. T. virginica, 1 to 2J feet, has 

 several varieties, double and single red and blue, 

 single white, and pale blue. Any soil, but prefer 

 moisture. Division in spring. Sun or shade. 



Tricyrtis. — Curious Japanese plant, not showy but 

 interesting. T. macropoda, whitish purple ; 

 \\ to 3 feet. Good sod. Sun. Division. 



Trifolium (Trefod). — Some of the clovers are 

 interesting, on account of the variety they give 

 to the border. T. alpinum, red ; 3 to 6 inches ; 

 and T, pannonicum, creamy white ; \\ to 2A 

 feet high, may be grown in any soil in a sunny 

 position. 



Veratrum. — Conspicuous but not showy plants, with 

 remarkably beautiful foliage in spring, and tall 

 pinnacles of flowers. V. album (white), whitish ; 

 3 to 6 feet. V. nigrum (black), blackish purple ; 

 3 to 4 feet. V. viride (green), green ; 3 to 6 feet. 

 Rich soil, in half-shady position. Division. 



Verbascum (Mullein). — Handsome and effective 

 plants. V. Chaixi (Chaix's), yellow ; 5 feet. V. 

 cupreum (copper), copper ; 3 to 6 feet. V. nigrum 

 (black-rooted), yellow ; 4 to 5 feet. V. nigrum 



album (white black-rooted), white; 3 to 5 feet 

 V. olympicum (Mount Olympus), yellow ; 6 to S 

 feet. (Biennial.) Seed or division of perennial 

 species. Sun or half-shade. Good sod. 

 Veroxica. — A large genus, of well-known habit. For 

 shrubby species see Shrubs. V. Candida (white- 

 leaved), blue ; li- feet. V. corymbosa, blue ; 

 - feet. V. longifolia (long - leaved), alba, V. 

 longifolia rosea, pink long-leaved, and V. 1. sub- 

 sessilis, blue, 2 to 3 feet. V. spicata (spiked) and 

 V. s. alba, blue and white ; 2 feet. V. fceucrium, 

 2 feet ; blue. V. virginica, blue. See also Rock 

 Plants. Seed or division. Any soil. Sun or 

 shade. 



Viola. See Florists' Flowers and Rock Plants. 



Waldsteinia. Neat yellow flowers in June. Trail- 

 ing habit. W. fragarioides, W. geoides and W. 

 trifolia (Fig. 129). Light sod. Sun or partial 

 shade. Division. 



XEROrHYLLDM ASPIIODELOIDES ( Asphodel-like). — 



Very beautiful plant with narrow leaves and 

 racemes of white flowers ; to 4 feet. Light 

 sod. Seed. Partial shade. 



Fig. 129. Waldsteinia trifolia. 



