PERENNIAL SUNFLOWERS AT WISLEY, 1914. 



545 



No. Name. 



yL.\Helenium autumnale ' River- 

 ton Gem/ 



32, Helenmm autumnale pumi- 

 lum, 



^;^.-\Helemum autumnale grandi- 

 florum. 



34. Helenium autumnale ' Tap- 



low Red.' 



35. Helenium Hoopesii. 



No. Name. 



'^6. ] Helenium autumnale ' Garten- 

 sonne.' 



37. Helenium autumnale pumi- 



lum magnificum. 



38. Helenium autumnale ' River- 



ton Beauty.' 



^g.-\Helenium autumnale ' River- 

 ton Gem.* 



40. Helenium autumnale striatum. 



F.C.C. = First-class Certificate. 

 A.M. = Award of Merit. 



Helenium. — The disc of the flower raised and rounded. 



36. autumnale * Gartensonne ' (Barr), A.M. September 25, 1914.— 

 The finest and most showy Helenium in the Trial. The stems are 

 much branched above the middle, and produce a very large head of 

 great regularity of contour ; flowers very numerous, 2 J inches in 

 diameter ; disc chestnut-brown ; ray florets very broad, clear deep 

 lemon-yellow. 



33. autumnale grandiflorum (Barr), A.M. September 25, 1914.— 

 This variety had the largest flowers of any Helenium in the Trial ; 

 they are produced in a large, loose head, 3^ inches in diameter ; disc 

 large, duU yellow ; ray florets lemon-yellow. 



32. autumnale pumilum (Barr), F.C.C. July 28, 1885. — Height 

 I foot ; habit bushy ; stems curved ; flower if inch in diameter ; 

 disc large, yellow ; ray florets in two whorls, lemon-yellow ; commenced 

 to flower in early September and continued till November. 



37. autumnale pumilum magnificum (Barr). — A variety of ^. a. 

 pumilum which exceeded the height of the type by i foot ; its flowers 

 were larger and produced over an even longer period. 



30, 38. autumnale ' Riverton Beauty ' (Barr, Ruys), A.M. Sep- 

 tember 14, 1909, under the name ' Riverslea Beauty' (Pritchard). It 

 appears to have arisen in England and America at about the same 

 time. — Reaches 4 J feet ; bushy, with a compact head ; flowers very 

 numerous, 2 inches in diameter ; disc dull yellow ; ray florets 

 lemon-yellow. 



31, 39. autumnale 'Riverton Gem' (Barr, Ruys), A.M. September 

 25, 1914. — Reaches 5 feet ; large and compact head ; flowers 2 inches 

 in diameter ; disc chestnut ; ray florets yellow and chestnut-red. 

 Of better habit and has brighter and redder flowers than the next. 



40. autumnale striatum (Barr), F.C.C. August 23, 1892. — Height 

 3 J feet ; flowers very numerous, 2 inches in diameter ; disc yellow- 

 brown ; ray florets yellow, streaked with chestnut-red. Syn. H. 

 grandicephalum striatum. 



29. autumnale superhum rubrum (Ruys), A.M. September 25, 

 1914. — Height 4 J to 5 feet ; rather a poor head ; flowers if inch in 



t The Committee considered these to be the most meritorious in the trial. 



