LIST OF HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 
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joined list. We have endeavoured to select the most orna¬ 
mental from among the very numerous plants adapted, in some 
degree or other, for the open air; and if we have inadvertently 
passed over any deserving of notice we shall feel obliged if our 
correspondents would supply the deficiency. 
HEIGHT. DURATION OR TIME 
FEET. COLOUR. OF BLOOMING. 
Achillea ptarmica x 
1 
White 
July to November, 
„ millefolium rubra 
2 
Red 
June—October. 
,, speciosa 
ii 
1 2 
White 
J uly—September. 
,, tomentosa 
2 
Yellow 
May—October. 
Aconitum japonicum 
6 
Blue 
J une—September. 
„ album 
4 
White 
July—August, 
,, lycoctonum 
3 
Yellow 
July—August. 
„ speciosum 
3 
Blue 
J uly—August. 
„ paniculatum 
3 
Blue 
June—September. 
„ anthora 
1J 
Pinkish Yellow 
June—August. 
Adonis vernalis 
1 
Yellow 
March—April. 
,, pyrenaica 
H 
Yellow 
July. 
Agrostemma bungeana 
2 
Red 
June—September, 
,, coronaria alba 
3 
White 
June—September. 
,, ,, plena 
H 
Red 
J une—September. 
Alstrcemeria pelegrina 
i - 
A 2 
Red and Green 
June—August. 
„ aurantia 
n 
Orange 
June—August. 
Alyssum argenteum 
i 
Yellow 
April—May. 
„ monlanum ^ 
i 
Yellow 
July—August. 
,, murale • 
i 
Yellow 
April—May. 
Ammobium alatum 
2 
White 
March — Sept. 
Amaryllis, or sternbergia, luteal § 
Yellow 
r 
October—Nov. 
„ belladonna § 
Flesh 
J uly — September. 
Androsace lactea i- 
_1 
Q 
White 
June — August. 
„ chamsejasme ^ 
1 
4 
Pink 
June — August. 
,, villosa 
1^ 
4* 
Pink 
June — July. 
„ carnea 
1 
4 
Flesh 
July — August. 
Antirrhinum mams 
2 
Pink 
J une — August. 
,, purpurea & varieties 2 
Purple 
June — September. 
Aquilegia atropurpurea 
3 
Purple 
May — -June. 
„ canadensis 
3 
Red 
May — June. 
„ glandulosa 
2 
Blue 
May — July. 
„ vulgaris pleno 
2 
Blue 
May — July. 
„ alpina *— 
1 
Blue 
May — June. 
Arabis albida 
1 
2 
White 
January. 
„ siberica 
1 
2 
White 
January — May. 
„ deltoides 
3 
4 
Lilac 
March — May. 
,, crispata 
1 
White 
May. 
Aster novae angliae 
6 
Purple 
September — Oct. 
„ „ ruber 
6 
Red 
September—Oct. 
„ grandiflorus 
2 
Purple 
October—Nov. 
„ pulchellus 
3 
Purple 
May—August. 
„ cyaneus 
4 
Purple 
September—Oct. 
{To be continued .) 
