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in order of merit as the result of this tabulation, equality of votes 

 being indicated by equality of position in the lists. It must be 

 borne in mind that the plants named stand, in each case, only on 

 the authority of the individuals consulted, or aome one or more of 

 them, and the Society as a whole is not thereby committed in 

 any way, e.g., on the question of what are hardy herbaceous peren- 

 nials, or on the relative heights, &c, of the plants recommended. 



List T. 



The six most useful perennial herbaceous border plants, 4 feet high and 



upwards. 



1. Delphinium : — cardinale, formo- 



sum vars., Belladonna, hybri- 

 dum vars. 



2. Rudbeckia : — laciniata, maxima, 



nitida, purpurea 



3. Kniphofia : — caulescens, nobilis, 



Uvaria 



3. Thalictrum : — aquilegi folium, 

 glaucum 



3. Althaea rosea vars. (Hollyhocks) 

 3. Aconitum : — album, autumnale, 



Napellus 

 3. Pyrethrum uliginosum 

 3. Campanula: — lactittora, latifolia 

 var. eriocarpa, macrantha, py- 

 ramidalis 

 3. Spiraea Aruncus 

 3. Phlox decussata 

 11. Ferula tingitana 

 11. Papaver bract eatum 

 11. Doronicum plantagineum excel- 

 sum 



11. Paeonia vars. 



1 1 . Eremurus : — hi malaicus, robustus 

 11. Inula glandulosa 

 11. Bocconia cordata 

 18. Verbascum olympicum 

 18. Centaurea : — babylonica, macro- 

 cephala 

 Solidago speciosa 



20 



20. Galega : — officinalis, o. alba 



Echinops Ritro 

 Lythrum : — salicaria rosea, su- 

 per burn 

 Anemone japoniea alba 

 Achillea mongolica 

 Iris sibirica 



24. Asphodelus ramosus 



Merfcensia sibirica 

 Veratrum viride 

 Gentiana lutea 

 Pentstemon Torreyi 

 Silphium laciniatum 

 Lathyrus: — latifolius, 1. 

 Crambe cordifolia 



albus 



List II. 



The six next ditto, 4 feet high and upwards. 



(The names already mentioned in List I. are omitted from this.) 



j 15. Veratrum nigrum 

 15. Buphthalmum grandiflorum 



Rudbeckia pinnata 

 Lathyrus rotundifolius 

 Digitalis purpurea grandiflora 

 Helenium autumnale 

 Polygonum cuspidatum 

 Echinops ruthenicus 

 Verbascum Chaixi 

 Clematis coccinea 

 Inula Hookeri 



Eryngium : — giganteum, amc 



thystinum, Beatsoni 

 Cimicifuga racemosa 

 Centaurea ruthenica 

 Sjlidago serotina 

 Lupin us polyphyllus 

 Scabiosa elata 



15. Symphytum officinale fol. var. 



15. Silphium perfoliatum 



15. Lychnis chalcedonica 



21. Phormium tenax 



21. Lactuca Plumieri 



21. Meconopsis Wallichi 



21. Dahlia vars. 



21. Malva Alcea 



21. Aconitum chinense 



21. Chrysanthemum latifolium 



2 1 . Monarda fistulosa 



21. Rheum officinale var. 



21. Achillea Eupatorium 



