HARDY ORNAMENTALS, HERBACEOUS PLANTS, ETC. 
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HEPATICA (Liverwort). These are very charming early-flowering plants, which thrive best in a rich, 
well-drained soil and partial shade. They do better when 
left undisturbed year after year, and form larger clumps. 
H. acutiloba, or angulosa. A fine species, coming into 
flower about as soon as the snow melts in spring. 10 cts. 
each, 75 cts. per dozen, c. 
H. triloba. A fine native of our woods, coming into bloom in 
early spring. 10c. ea., 75c. per doz. c. 
H. triloba, White. 12 cts. each, $1 per dozen, c. 
H. tr»loba, Blue. 12 cts. each, $1 per dozen, c . 
H. triloba, Red. 12 cts. each, $1 per dozen, c. 
H. triloba, Double Red. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per dozen, c. 
*HESPER 1 S matronalis (Damask Violet, or Dame’s-Rocket). 
Flowers various, sweet-scented in the evening ; plant 2 to 3 
feet high. A native of South Europe and Russian Asia. A 
handsome perennial; useful for borders. Fine, strong 
clumps, 15 cts. each, $1 per dozen ; seeds, 5 cts. d. 
HEMOROCALLIS (Day-Lily). 
H. Dumortieri. Orange-yellow flowers, tinged with brown. 
1 to i l /> feet high. Japan and Siberia. 25 cts. each. d. 
H. fulva. Flowers about 3 inches wide ; plant 2 to 3 feet high. 
Europe. 15c. ea., $1.25 per doz. d. 
H. flava. Flowersorange-yellow, fragrant; plant 2 feet high. 
South Europe, Siberia and Japan. 20 cts. each. d. 
HELIOPSIS laevis (Ox-Eye). Flower-heads yellow, showy; 
plant 1 to 4 feet high. 15 cts. each. c. 
HIBISCUS m oscheutos. This handsome malvaceous plant 
grows about 3 feet high, and bears many large rose-colored 
flowers, often 6 inches wide, much resembling a hollyhock. 
It is a fine bog-plant, but thrives in any good loamy or sandy 
soil. One of the best. 15 cts. each, $1 per dozen, c. 
H. Californicus. Handsomelarge white flowers, with reddish 
purple center. 25 cts. each. c. 
H. militaris. About the same height as Moscheutos, with rose-colored flowers, but they do not 
expand as much as that species, and are not so showy. Moist soil. 15 ds* each, $1 per doz. c. 
H. incanus. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per dozen, c. 
HOUSTONIA purpurea. 8 to 15 inches high, with numerous small, white flowers all summer. 
Thrives in sun and shade. 15 cts. each, $1 per dozen, b. 
HYDRASTIS Canadensis (Orange-Root). More interesting on account of its large green leaves 
and raspberry-like fruit, which lasts a long time, than for its flowers. The latter are greenish 
white, and not showy, but the plant does admirably in the shade, and for this reason is quite 
useful. 15 cts. each, Si per dozen, c. 
HYACINTH US candicans. Flowers pure white, large, funnel-shaped; drooping and fragrant 
racemes a foot long in strong specimens. A fine, hardy bulb ; a native of South Africa. Easy 
of culture in any rich garden soil. 6 cts. each, 50 cts. per dozen, d. 
HYPERICUM Richeri. 20 cts. each. c. 
HYP 0 X 1 S erecta c(Star Grass). Flowers yellow ; likes partial shade. 10 cts. each, 75c. per doz. a. 
*HYPOLEUCA Helvetia. Bright yellow flowers resembling the dandelion, but are four times as 
large. 20 cts. each, 2 for 35 cts. 
IBERIS Tenoreana. About 6 inches high. Flowers whitish purple, in umbels. A fine perennial 
from southwest Europe. 12 cts. each, $1 per dozen, c. 
I . Gibraltarica. Flowers white, usually suffused with pink or red, in corymbosed heads; early 
string. 1 to 2 feet high. A showy, handsome but straggling half-hardy evergreen. Needs 
good drainage. 20 cts. each, Si per dozen, e. . 
*|. sempervirens (Evergreen Candytuft). Flowers pure white, in long racemes, spring and sum¬ 
mer; 9 to 12 inches high. Well adapted to every style of gardening,' and one of the best peren¬ 
nials grown. Southern Europe.* 15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts., Si. 10 per dozen, d. 
