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Helianthus, but they certainly do better in sunny 
positions than in total shade. 
Heliopsis. — This is one of the plants that seem to 
be almost unwanted, both Heleniums and Helian- 
thus surpassing them in grace and beauty. Their 
flowers are certainly of a deeper orange than the 
Sunflowers, but they are stiff and lacking in elegance. 
Helleborus. — In the depth of Winter, even 'midst 
snow and frost, the Christmas Roses will bloom, 
and Helleborus niger or varieties of that species will 
frequently just span the interval between the last 
late flowers of Autumn and the earliest of the flowers 
of Spring. Cultural requirements of the Hellebores 
are simple. They do not ask for special soil, and 
do not object even to be planted under evergreen 
trees. The one thing they do like is to be left 
undisturbed. To establish a really good colony, 
young plants should be raised from seed and planted 
out on deeply dug, well-manured soil, and apart 
from a light forking between the plants each Autumn 
they should be left to grow at will. Liquid manure 
will be beneficial when buds begin to throw up, and 
although absolutely hardy, it is advisable for the 
sake of preserving the flowers from grime and 
smuts to cover with a handlight or a sheet of canvas. 
Besides the Christmas Roses there are the Lenten 
Roses, which have flowers of various uncommon 
shades of colour, many being daintily spotted and 
pencilled. Some, too, are sweetly scented, and 
there are many beautiful and interesting hybrid 
