Popular Names of Hardy Flowers 
So many of the amateurs know only the popular names of their flowers, and 
therefore find it difficult to recognize their friends under the disguise of botanical 
names. 
We had intended at first to take the radical departure of offering in this book 
all flowers by their popular names, but we felt we might thereby injure our own 
interests and by way of compromise we offer herewith a list of the popular names, 
with their botanical names attached for ready reference. 
A 
Adams Needle— Yucca. 
Alkanet—Anchusa. 
Alum Root — Heuchera. 
American Senna—Cassia. 
Aster (Cornflower) — Stokesia. 
Avens — Geum. 
B 
Baby’s Breath — Gypsophila. 
Balloon Flower—Platycodon. 
Banc (Leopards) — Doronicum. 
Bayonet (Spanish) — Yucca. 
Beard Tongue—Pentstemon. 
Bear’s Breech — Acanthus. 
Bell (Canterbury)—Camp, media. 
Bell (Chimney) — Camp, pyramidalis. 
Bell (Hare) — Camp. Carpathica. 
Bell (Peach) — Camp, persicifolia. 
Bellflower— Campanula. 
Bellflower (Japanese)—Platycodon. 
Betony (Wood)—Betonica. 
Bishop’s Wort — Betonica. 
Blanket Flower— Gaillardia. 
Blazing Star — Liatris. 
Blue Bells — Campanula. 
Burning Bush— Dictamnus. 
Butterfly (Waving) — Gaura. 
Butterfly Weed —Asclepias. 
Button Snake Root — Liatris. 
C 
Candytuft— Tberis. 
Canterbury Bell— Campanula media. 
Cardinal Flower — Lobelia. 
Carpathian Hair Bell— Campanula Carpa¬ 
thica. 
Chamomile (Ox Eye) — Anthemis. 
Chamomile (False) —Boltonia. 
Chimney Bell— Campanula pyramidalis. 
Cliffrose —Armeria. 
Columbine —Aquilegia. 
C 
Coneflower — Rudbeckia. 
Coreopsis—Calliopsis. 
Cornflower Aster — Stokesia. 
Cornflower—Centaurea. 
Cress (Rock) — Arabis. 
Cuckoo Flower—Lychnis. 
Cup and Saucer — Campanula calcycanthe- 
ma. 
D 
Daisy (Colored)—Pyrethrum. 
Daisy (Cream) — Anthemis. 
Daisy (English)—Beilis. 
Daisy (Golden) — Anthemis. 
Daisy (Michaelmas)—Aster. 
Daisy (Orange)—Erigeron. 
Daisy (Shasta) — Chrysanthemum Maxi¬ 
mum. 
Devil’s Pit — Liatris. 
Dittany — Dictamnus. 
Dragoon Head (False) — Physostegia. 
E 
English Daisy—Beilis. 
Evening Primrose — Oenothera. 
F 
False Chamomile—Boltonia. 
False Dragon Head — Physostegia. 
False Indigo — Baptisia. 
False Star wort—Boltonia. 
Fennel (Giant) — Fenula. 
Flax — Linum. 
Fleabane—Erigeron. 
Forget-me-not—Myosotis. 
Foxglove—Digitalis. 
G 
Garden Gloxinia—Incarvillea. 
Garden Heliotrope — Valerian. 
Gasplant — Dictamnus. 
Giant Fennel—Fenula. 
Please Order by Numbers only. 
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