PLANTS WORTH GROWING 137 
During early Summer slender fragile-looking racemes 
of flowers appear, some species bearing yellow, some 
white, and some red or rosy-tinted blossoms, and 
again in Autumn the ripening foliage takes on rich 
bronzy and chestnut tints. The plant is evergreen 
or practically so, and it is of easiest culture if given 
a fairly free soil with a good proportion of leaf- 
mould through which its creeping underground 
stems may penetrate with ease. Division is simple 
and affords an easy means of increasing stock. 
Eranthis hyemalis. — The Winter Aconite, as it is 
frequently called, is the diminutive Buttercup-like 
flower that thrusts its short-stalked golden blossoms 
through even snow-covered ground to herald the 
dawn of another flowering season. The tuberous 
roots may be planted at the foot of shrubs, alongside 
shady walks, or even under the turf of the lawn, 
and once planted may be left undisturbed until it 
is desired to thin them out or increase stock. 
Eremurus. — It would be difficult indeed to name 
a more noble, imposing, or aristocratic-looking 
flower than a fully developed spike of one of the 
larger Eremuri. It would be impossible to convey 
by written description an adequate idea to those 
who are unacquainted with the genus of the 
splendour and grandeur of a well-established group 
of Eremuri in full bloom. It is a sight the real 
lover of flowers would eagerly travel far to see. 
Imagine a broad-spreading mass of long, sub- 
stantial, stalkless leaves arching around in all 
