BEAUTIFUL GARDEN FLOWERS. 
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Beautiful Hardy Plants with Yellow or Orange Flowers. 
Acbillea segyptiaca 
' (Mi) 
Eupatorium 
(1-5) 
tomentosa (1 ) 
Aconitnm Anthora (1-2) 
Adonis vemalis (1-2) 
Alstroemeria auran- 
tiaca (2-4) 
Alyssuni saxatile (1) 
Anemone palmata (1-1) 
ranuneuloides Q) | 
Argemone mexicana (2) | 
ochrolenca (2) j 
Arnebia echioides (1) 
Asphodelus luteus (2) 
Bupthalmum (3-5) 
Caltha palustris ( 1 ) 
Chrysanthemum (2-3) 
Coreopsis (1-3) 
Corydalis (1-2) 
Dahlia (3-5) 
Delphinium Zalil (0) 
Doronicnm (2-5) 
Eranthis hyemalis (£) 
Erigeron aurantiacus (1) 
Gaillardia (1-2) 
Gazania(l-2) 
Geum mcntanum (5-I) 
Helenium autumnalc 
(4-6) 
Iloopesii (2-3) 
Helianthus (3-4) 
Hemerocallis (2-3) 
Inula (2-3) 
Linaria vulgaris (1-2) 
Linum campanulatum 
0 - 2 ) 
Linum flavnm (1-2) 
Meconopsis ncpaleusis 
(3-5) 
cambrica (1-2) 
CEnothera (3-5) 
Onosma taurica Q - 1 ) 
Papaver croceum (1-2) 
nudicaulc (1-2) 
j Phlomis fruticosa (2-4) 
Potentilla (2-3) 
Primula (see p. 123) 
Ranunculus (1-2) 
Rudbeckia (1-0) 
Senceio (2-4) 
Solid ago (3-5) 
Trollius (1-2) 
V erbascum (2-5) 
Viola (i) 
DESCRIPTIONS OF THE BEST HARDY FLOWERS. 
ACANTHUS ( Bear’s Breech ). — The plants belong- 
ing to this genus are remarkable for the bold and orna- 
mental appearance of their large and deeply-divided 
leaves, the lobes of which have spiny margins. The 
flowers appear in summer in dense erect spikes well 
above the foliage, and are usually guarded by large 
and spiny-toothed bracts. The best-known species 
are : A. candelabrum, 4 to 6 feet high, with white or 
purplish blossoms ; A. mollis, 3 to 4 feet high, with 
white, rosy, or lilac flowers. It is surpassed in beauty 
by its variety latifolius (or lusitanicus) which has much 
larger, broader, and less deeply cut leaves, above which 
the flower-stems often tower to a height of 5 or 6 feet 
A. spinosus is a very hardy plant, 2 to 4 feet high, with 
regularly cut leaves and purplish flowers ; while A. 
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