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HERBACEOUS GARDEN 
H. patula. Yellow flowers, very free ; 3 feet high. 
H. zinnicefolia . Bright yellow flowers rather like Zinnia, 
growing 2 feet high. 
HELLEBORUS, “Christmas Rose.” (Ranunculaceae.) 
Very useful plants flowering at a time when very little else is in 
bloom. They require a shady border, and a preparation of rich 
loam and manure, mixed with a little sand, and the soil should be 
deeply trenched. They do not like removal, and transplanted 
pieces take three or four years to establish. The best known of the 
family is H. niger , the Christmas rose, and its varieties angusti- 
folius , Mile. Fourcade, and Maximus , white flowers slightly tinged 
with purple. These require the shelter of handlights in winter. 
The flowers are from 3 to 6 inches high, and the pale green, smooth, 
leathery leaves are palmate, divided into five or nine segments. All 
are easily increased by root division. 
HELLEBORUS ORIENTAL 1 S, “Lenten Roses.” 
These thrive in any garden soil, in a shady border. The soil 
should be as deep and moist as possible, well drained with grit or 
coarse sand or garden sweepings. A border facing west, or slightly 
shaded by trees, is very suitable. The Lenten roses grow very 
much taller than the Christmas roses, from 18 inches to 2 feet high, 
with large foliage and flowers of every shade of white, green, purple, 
red, and crimson. 
H . albus grandifiorus . Loose heads of white flowers, faintly 
tinged with green. 
H. Admiration. White, spotted red. 
H. Albinotto. White spotted with purple. 
H. Apotheker Bogren. Large purple-spotted flowers. 
H. Diadem. Rose, spotted with purple. 
H. Dr Moore. Rose. 
H. Duchess of Cleveland. Mauve. 
H Guttatus. Large pure white flowers with deep red spots. 
H. Labyrinth. Dark purple, spotted with black. 
H. punctatus. Deep purple, heavily spotted. 
H. W. E. Gladstone . Pale pink flowers, no spots. 
H. Willie Schmidt. Large pure white flowers. 
(All these varieties bloom from October to March.) 
HEMEROCALLIS, “Day Lilies.” (N.O. Liliaceas.) 
Plants with tall bold foliage, flowering in early summer, and a 
valuable plant for half shade ; if grown in full sun they should be 
kept moist at the roots. Propagation by division every two years. 
