ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PLANTS 243 
Two varieties of the above, called Riverton Beauty and Riverton 
Gem, are said to be a great improvement on striatum , one having 
flowers of lemon-yellow with a dark centre, and the other brilliant 
red and gold flower-heads. 
HELIANTHUS “Annual Sunflower.” (N.O. Composite.) 
A race of vigorous showy plants giving no trouble as to cultivation ; 
they will flourish in any soil, but appreciate occasional mulchings of 
manure, as they are gross feeders. A position at the back of the 
border suits them f admirably. The variety rigidus or harpalium , 
though among the best of autumn flowers, should never be planted 
in a border with any other plant, their tuberous roots growing and 
sending up new shoots to a distance of 6 and I o feet ; and, once it gets 
hold of a border, it is almost impossible to eradicate it. Should be 
propagated by division in autumn or spring. 
H. decapetalus. Flowers of rich sulphur-yellow, 2 inches 
across, and growing 4 to 6 feet in height ; 
flowering August to October. 
H. „ ple?ius. Clear yellow, double, from 3 to 4 feet 
high, flowering from August to September. 
H. Soleil d’Or. Bright yellow, double, 4 feet high, flowering 
August to September. 
H. Etoile d’Or. Bright yellow, finest of all the double 
varieties. 
H. Maximilianus. Pale yellow flowers, 3 inches in diameter, 
with narrow, twisted petals, 4 feet high ; flowering in 
September. 
H. H. G. Moon. Rich golden yellow, 4 feet high, August to 
October. 
H. Miss Mellish. Semi-double flowers, 6 inches across. A 
bright yellow. Height 5 to 7 feet, flowering in July to 
September. 
H. Rev. Wolley Dodd. Bright yellow, semi-double, flowering 
very late, to the end of October. 
HELIOPSIS, “Orange Sunflower.” (N.O. Compositse.) 
Autumn-flowering plants, growing 3 to 4 feet high, with erect, 
wiry stems, flowering from June to October, easily cultivated in any 
situation. 
H. comp acta ftoribunda. Deep yellow flowers of compact 
habit, 3 feet high. 
H. B. Badhams. Orange, large flower. The best variety. 
