Doronicum Caucasicum

Height, 1 foot; second week of May; flowers, large, yellow, and borne singly.

Doronicum Plantagineum Var. Excelsum

Height, 2 feet; third week of May; flowers, large and deep yellow, †

Epimedium Rubrum

Height, 1 foot; second week of May; flowers, small, bright crimson and white, borne in a loose panicle. A very dainty and beautiful little plant.

Erigeron Speciosus*

Height, l½ feet; second week of July; flowers, large, violet-blue, with yellow centers, and borne in large clusters on long stems.

Funkia Subcordate (Grandiflora)

Height, 1½ feet; August; flowers, large and white, borne in racemes. The best funkia grown at Ottawa; both leaves and flowers are handsome.

Gaillardia Aristata Var. Grandiflora*

Height, 1½ feet; third week of June; flowers, large, yellow, with deep orange centers, and borne singly on long stems. The named varieties, Superba and Perfection, are more highly colored and are of great merit. These all continue blooming profusely until late in the autumn, †

Gypsophila Paniculata (Infant's Breath)

Height, 2 feet; second week of July; flowers, small, white, borne profusely in large open panicles.

Helenium Autumnale*

Height, 6 to 7 feet; second week of July; flowers, large, deep yellow, borne in large heads; very ornamental in late summer.

Helianthus Doronicoides*

Height, 6 to 7 feet; second week of August; flowers, large, bright yellow, and borne singly; continues blooming for several weeks.

Helianthus Multiflorus*

Height, 4 feet; flowers, large, double, bright yellow, and borne singly; a very striking late-flowering perennial.

Heuchera Sanguinea*

Height, 1 to 1½ feet; first week of June; flowers, small, bright, scarlet, borne in open panicles; continues blooming throughout the summer.

Hemerocallis Dumortierii

Height, 1½ feet; second week of June; flowers, large, orange-yellow, with a brownish tinge on the outside, and three or four on a stem.†

Hemerocallis Flava

Height, 2 to 3 feet; latter part of June; flowers, bright orange-yellow and fragrant, †

Hemerocallis Minor

Height, 1 to 1½ feet; second week of July; flowers, medium size and yellow; blooms later than the two preceding species and has a smaller flower and narrower foliage.

Hibiscus Moscheutos*

Height, 5 feet; third week of August; flowers, very large, varying in color from white to deep pink. A variety called "Crimson Eye" is very good. This plant makes a fine show in late summer.

Hypericum Ascyron (Or Pyramidatum)*

Height, 3 feet; fourth week of July; flowers, large, yellow, and borne singly.

Iberis Sempervirens

Height, 6 to 12 inches; third week of May; flowers, pure white, fragrant, and borne in dense flat clusters, †

Iris Chamoeiris

Height, 6 inches; fourth week of May; flowers, bright yellow with brown markings.

Iris Flavescens

Height, 1½ to 2 feet; first week of June; flowers, lemon-yellow with brown markings. .

Iris Florentina

Height, 2 feet; first week of June; flowers, very large, pale blue or lavender, sweet scented, †

Iris Germanica

Height, 2 to 3 feet; first week of June; flowers, very large, of elegant form; color, deep lilac and bright purple, sweet scented. There is a large number of choice varieties of this • iris.†

Iris Laevigata (Koempferi)

Height, 1½ to 2 feet; first week of July; flowers, purple and modified colors, very large and distinct in color And Shape, †

Iris Pumila

Height, 4 to 6 inches; third week of May; flowers, deep purple. There are several varieties.

Iris Sibirica

Height, 3 to 4 feet; fourth week of May; flowers, deep blue, borne on long stems in clusters of two or three. This species has many varieties.

Iris Variegata

Height, 1 to 1} feet; first week of June; flowers, yellow and brown, veined with various shades of brown.

Lilium Auratum

Height, 3 to 5 feet; July; flowers, very large, white, with a yellow central band on each petal, and thickly spotted with purple and red. The most showy of all lilies and a splendid flower.

This has proved hardy at the Central Experimental Farm, although it has been reported tender in some localities, †

Lilium Canadense*

Height, 2 to 3 feet; latter part of May; flowers, yellow to pale red with reddish spots, pendulous.

Lilium Elegans

Height, 6 inches; first week of July; flowers, pale red; several varieties are better than the type.

Lilium Speciosum

Height, 2 to 3 feet; July; flowers, large, white, tinged and spotted with deep pink and red. Hardier than Lilium auratum and almost as fine. There are several fine varieties, †

Lilium Superbum*

Height, 4 to 6 feet; first week of July; flowers, very numerous, orange red, thickly spotted with dark brown.

An admirable lily for the rear of the border, †

Lilium Tenuifolium

Height, 1½ to 2 feet; third week of June; flowers, pendulous and bright scarlet. One of the most graceful of all lilies.

Lilium Tigrinum

Height, 2 to 4 feet; flowers, large, deep orange, spotted thickly with purplish black.

Linum Perenne

Height, 1½ feet; first week of June; flowers, large deep blue, borne in loose panicles, continuing throughout the summer.

Lobelia Cardinalis*

Height, 2 to 3 feet; August; flowers, bright scarlet, borne in terminal racemes; very showy.

Lychnis Chalcedonica Flore Pleno

Height, 2 to 3 feet; first week of July; flowers, bright crimson, double, and borne in terminal racemes.

Lysimachia Clethroides

Height, 3 feet; fourth week of July; flowers, white, borne in long spikes. A very striking late-flowering perennial.

Myosotis Alpestris

Height, 6 inches; third week of May; flowers, small, bright blue with a yellowish eye. A very profuse bloomer.

Oenothera Missouriensis*

Height, 1 foot; fourth week of June; flowers, very large, rich yellow, and borne singly, throughout the summer.

Polonia Officinalis

Height, 2 to 4 feet; early part of July. The double-flowered varieties are the best, and can be obtained in several colors and shades, †

Papaver Nudicaule*

Height, 1 foot; second week of May; flowers, medium size, orange, white, or yellow, almost continuously until late autumn, †

Papaver Orientate

Height, 2 to 3 feet; first week of June; flowers, very large, scarlet, and variously marked, according to variety, there being many forms.

Pentstemon Barbatus Var. Torreyi*

Height, 2 to 3 feet; first week of July; flowers, deep red, borne in long spikes, very ornamental.

Phlox Amcena*

Height, 6 inches; second week of May; flowers, medium size, bright pink, in compact clusters.

Phlox Decussata* (The Garden Perennial Hybrids)

Height, 1 to 3 feet; third week of July; flowers, of many beautiful shades and colors, are found in the large number of named varieties of this phlox, which continues to bloom until late in the autumn, †

Phlox Reptans*

Height, 4 inches; fourth week of May; flowers, medium size, purple, and borne in small clusters.

Phlox Subulata* {Setacea)

Height, 6 inches; third week of May; flowers, medium size, deep pink, and borne in small clusters.

Platycodon Grandiflorum

Height, 1½ to 2 feet; second week of July; flowers, very large, deep blue, borne singly or in twos. †

Platycodon Grandiflorum Var. Album

A white-flowered variety of the above and makes a fine contrast to it when they are grown together.

It blooms a few days earlier than the species.

Platycodon Mariesii

Height, 1 foot; second week of July; flowers, large and deep blue.

Polemonium Caruleum*

Height, 2 feet; second week of June; flowers, deep blue, borne in terminal spikes.

Polemonium Reptans*

Height, 6 inches; third week of May; flowers, medium in size, blue, and borne profusely in loose clusters.

Polemonium Richardsoni*

Height, 6 inches; third week of May; flowers, medium in size, blue, borne profusely in pendulous panicles.

Potentilla Hybrida Var. Versicolor

Height, 1 foot; fourth week of June; flowers, large, deep orange and yellow, semi-double.

Primula Cortusoides

Height, 9 inches; third week of May; flowers, small, deep rose, in compact heads.

Pyrethrum (Or Chrysanthemum) Uliginosum

Height, 4 feet; September ; flowers, large, white with yellow centers, and borne singly on long stems.

Rudbeckia Laciniata* (Golden Glow)

Height, 5 to 6 feet; August; flowers, large, lemon-yellow, double, and borne on long stems. One of the best of lately introduced perennials, †

Rudbeckia Maxima*

Height, 5 to 6 feet; July and August; flowers, large, with a long cone-shaped center and bright yellow rays, and borne singly. The whole plant is very striking.

Scabiosa Caucascia

Height, 1½ feet; first week of July; flowers, large, light blue, and borne singly on long stems, very freely throughout remainder of the summer.

Solidago Canadensis * (Golden-Rod)

Height, 3 to 5 feet; first week of August; flowers, small, golden yellow, and borne in dense panicles.

Spiroea (Properly Aruncus) Astilboides

Height, 2 feet; fourth week of June; flowers, small, white, very numerous, and borne in many branched panicles. Both foliage and flowers are ornamental.

Spiraea (Or Ulmaria) Filipendula

Height, 2 to 3 feet; third week of June; flowers, pure white, borne profusely in loose panicles. The foliage of this species is also very good. There is a double flowered variety which is very effective, †

Spiroea (Ulmaria) Purpurea Var. Elegans

Height, 2 to 3 feet; first week of July; flowers, whitish with crimson anthers, borne very profusely in panicles.

Spiroea Ulmaria (Ulmaria Pentapetala)

Height, 3 to 4 feet; second week of July; flowers, very numerous, dull white, borne in large compound heads, having a soft, feathery appearance.

Spiroea Venusta (Ulmaria Rubra Var. Venusta)

Height, 4 feet; second week of July; flowers, small, bright pink, borne profusely in large Panicles, †

Statice Latifolia

Height, 1½ feet; first week of July; flowers, small, blue, borne very profusely in loose panicles. Very effective in the Border.

Thalictrum Aquilegifolium

Height, 4 to 5 feet; fourth week of June; flowers, small, white to purplish, very numerous and borne in large panicles.

Trollius Europoeus

Height, 1½ to 2 feet; fourth week of May; flowers, large, bright yellow, continuing a long time.