HICKS NURSERIES, WESTBURY, L. I 



HARDY GARDEN FLOWERS 



«YPSOPHYLA paniculata. 



Baby's Breath. A fine, gauzy 



white spray to give a halo 



of white around a bouquet 



of bright-colored flowers. 



It grows about 2 feet high, 



and blooms in July, August 



and September. 

 HELENIUM autumnale su- 



perbum. Broad-spreading 



plants with deep golden 



yellow flowers, with yellow 



centers. Summer and fall. 



5 to 6 feet. 

 J3i. pumilum. A dwarf plant 



about 15 inches high, cov- 

 ered all the season with 



bright yellow flowers. 



HELIANTHUS M a x i m i 1 i - 



ana. After the hard frosts, 



when nearly all the flowers are 



gone, this tall plant is still 



holding aloft its great golden 



masses of flowers, 4 inches 



across. Fine for cutting at 



this season. 5 to 6 feet. 

 H. mollis. Hoary Sunflower. 



This is a lower-growing 



plant, with downy white 



foliage and lemon-yellow 



flowers, 3 inches across. Au- 

 gust and September. 4 feet, 

 H. rigidus, var. Miss Mellish. 



A very valuable variety with 



most attractive, large, single 



flowers borne on graceful stems. One of the best for 



cutting. There is nothing weedy about it. September 



and October. 5 to 6 feet. 



H. orgyalis. Unbranched stems, 8 to 10 feet high, densely 

 encircled with drooping, grass-like foliage, and bearing 

 at the top graceful spires of small yellow flowers. Orna- 

 mental for use in the background or among shrubs. 



HELIOPSIS Isevis, var. Pitcheriana. A bushy plant, 

 2 to 3 feet high, covered with loose panicles of yellow 

 flowers from July to 

 October. Good for dry 

 situations. 



HEMEROCALLIS. Yellow 

 Day Lily. 



H. Dumortierii. The ear- 

 liest yellow Day Lily to 

 bloom. A neat, low-grow- 

 ing plant, 18 to 24 inches 

 high, bearing rich, orange 

 Lilies, bronzed outside. 

 Good for the front of the 

 border. June and July. 



H. flava. Lemon Lily. 

 The vigorous, old-fash- 

 ioned Lily. It should be 

 used in masses in the 

 border and along the 

 banks of streams, or in 

 shady places. June and 

 July. 3 feet. 



Tlorham. A compara- 

 tively new variety, 3 to 

 SH feet high; a vigorous 

 grower with large golden 

 flowers with edges slightly 

 frilled. June and July. 



Gold Dust. Bright In- 

 dian-yellow, with buds 

 and reverse of petals 

 bronzed. May and June. 



Hemerocallis flava at the edge of a pond. It is 

 just as contented in the drier soil of an average 

 garden. 



German Iris, or Fleur de Lis. A hardy flower border of this 

 type can be located in almost any position. You can arrange 

 to have a show from early bulbs in March to the Hardy Chry- 

 santhemums in December. 



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Hemerocallis fulva. Tawny 

 Day Lily. About abandoned 

 houses and along roadsides 

 where garden rubbish has 

 been dumped in years gone 

 by, this Lily is found per- 

 sistent. This vigor shows a 

 commendable quality, and 

 we have seen it used suc- 

 cessfully to hold steep banks. 

 July and August. 



H. fulva, var. Kwanso. 

 Double Orange Lily. A 

 double form of the former, 

 the margins of the flower 

 being waved. Both should 

 be used in wild planting and 

 shrubberies. 



H. Thunbergi. Thunberg's 

 Day Lily. This closely re- 

 sembles Hemerocallis flava, 

 but prolongs and ends the 

 Yellow Day Lily season by 

 blooming a month later. 

 HEUCHERA san guinea. 

 Coral Bells. A dainty plant 

 with loose sprays of little 

 coral bells. One of the few 

 really good plants bearing 

 small red flowers. July and 

 August. I )4 feet. 



HIBISCUS Moscheutos. 



Marsh Mallow; Rose Mal- 

 low. Along the edges of the 

 salt marshes this is the 

 largest wild flower of this region — great Hollyhock-like 

 blossoms, 6 inches across, of cerise-pink. Although na- 

 tive of damp ground, it thrives in the garden or shrub- 

 bery. 4 feet. 



H. Moscheutos, var. "Crimson Eye." A pure white, 

 widely expanded flower, with a velvety crimson center. 

 The leaves are tinted bronze. 



HOLLYHOCK. See Althcea rosea. 



HYPERICUM Moserianum. Gold Flower; St. John's- 



Wort. A mat of shining 

 foliage about 8 inches 

 hI, ; high, spreading by under- 



:|t^ - ground stems. The flow- 



. ers are of a beautiful 



- ' golden yellow, shaped like 



the Japanese Anemone, 

 and about 2 to 2 >^ inches 

 across. The cup is almost 

 filled by a ball of golden 

 stamens. Very free flow- 

 ering and blooms all the 

 season. 



IBERIS. Hardy Candytuft 

 I. sempervirens. Ever- 

 green Candytuft. This is 

 the hardiest and most 

 permanent of the Candy- 

 tufts. It forms low plants 

 with evergreen foliage, 

 covered with flat heads 

 of white flowers in early 

 spring. Fine for use as 

 edging to the border. 

 I. Gibraltarica hybrida. 

 This variety has larger 

 flowers and clusters, but 

 is not so hardy as the 

 above. The color varies 

 from white to lavender. 

 May and June. 



