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HERBACEOUS GARDEN 
CHEIRANTHUS, “Wallflower.” (N.O. Cruciferae.) 
Beautiful plants generally known only by the single biennials. 
There are, however, many other varieties in cultivation, which, if 
given a sunny border, with plenty of mortar-rubble, flower well in 
winter and early spring. The finest of all the varieties are the old 
double kinds, double yellow, double purple, double orange, which 
are propagated by cuttings. 
C. calfnnus. Yellow, 9 inches high, flowering April to July; 
succeeding in shade. 
C. longifolius. Pinkish purple flowers and large leaves, April 
and May, 2\ to 3 feet high. 
C. Menziesii. Purple, May and June. 
C. mutabilis. Pale yellow and dull purple flowers in April and 
May, about 3 feet high. 
C. Marshalii. Orange flowers, 9 inches to 1 foot high, April 
to July ; a fine plant for massing. 
C. ochroleucus. Straw-coloured, 9 to 12 inches, flowering 
April to July. 
All the above are propagated by cuttings or by seed, and though 
their flowering times are said to be as above, they flower here 
through the late autumn and begin again in March. 
CHELONE, “ Turtlehead.” (Scrophulariaceae.) 
Very handsome herbaceous plants not unlike pentstemons, of easy 
culture in any garden soil. Propagation by division in August or 
September, also by seeds and cuttings. 
C. barbata (see Pentstemon barbata). 
C. Lyoni. Pink flowers, 2 to 3 feet high, flowering from July to 
September. 
C. obliqua . Tall and slender, of a deeper pink than the above, 
with a white variety. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM, “Shasta Daisy.” (N.O. Composite.) 
Showy border plants, useful for cutting or massing. Flower in 
July and August. 18 inches to 2 feet high. Propagated by division 
or seed. Any soil or situation. 
C. maximum Ke?meth. White with laciniated petals. 
C. „ King Edward VII . Large white flowers. 
C. „ Mrs C. Lothian Bell. Very large white flowers. 
C. „ Vomerense. Large white flowers with very small 
yellow disc. 
