This section is from the book "Manual Of Gardening", by L. H. Bailey. Also available from Amazon: Manual of Gardening.
Height, 1 foot; second week of May; flowers, large, yellow, and borne singly.
Height, 2 feet; third week of May; flowers, large and deep yellow, †
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.
Height, l½ feet; second week of July; flowers, large, violet-blue, with yellow centers, and borne in large clusters on long stems.
Height, 1½ feet; August; flowers, large and white, borne in racemes. The best funkia grown at Ottawa; both leaves and flowers are handsome.
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, †
Height, 2 feet; second week of July; flowers, small, white, borne profusely in large open panicles.
Height, 6 to 7 feet; second week of July; flowers, large, deep yellow, borne in large heads; very ornamental in late summer.
Height, 6 to 7 feet; second week of August; flowers, large, bright yellow, and borne singly; continues blooming for several weeks.
Height, 4 feet; flowers, large, double, bright yellow, and borne singly; a very striking late-flowering perennial.
Height, 1 to 1½ feet; first week of June; flowers, small, bright, scarlet, borne in open panicles; continues blooming throughout the summer.
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.†
Height, 2 to 3 feet; latter part of June; flowers, bright orange-yellow and fragrant, †
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.
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.
Height, 3 feet; fourth week of July; flowers, large, yellow, and borne singly.
Height, 6 to 12 inches; third week of May; flowers, pure white, fragrant, and borne in dense flat clusters, †
Height, 6 inches; fourth week of May; flowers, bright yellow with brown markings.
Height, 1½ to 2 feet; first week of June; flowers, lemon-yellow with brown markings. .
Height, 2 feet; first week of June; flowers, very large, pale blue or lavender, sweet scented, †
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.†
Height, 1½ to 2 feet; first week of July; flowers, purple and modified colors, very large and distinct in color And Shape, †
Height, 4 to 6 inches; third week of May; flowers, deep purple. There are several varieties.
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.
Height, 1 to 1} feet; first week of June; flowers, yellow and brown, veined with various shades of brown.
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, †
Height, 2 to 3 feet; latter part of May; flowers, yellow to pale red with reddish spots, pendulous.
Height, 6 inches; first week of July; flowers, pale red; several varieties are better than the type.
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, †
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, †
Height, 1½ to 2 feet; third week of June; flowers, pendulous and bright scarlet. One of the most graceful of all lilies.
Height, 2 to 4 feet; flowers, large, deep orange, spotted thickly with purplish black.
Height, 1½ feet; first week of June; flowers, large deep blue, borne in loose panicles, continuing throughout the summer.
Height, 2 to 3 feet; August; flowers, bright scarlet, borne in terminal racemes; very showy.
Height, 2 to 3 feet; first week of July; flowers, bright crimson, double, and borne in terminal racemes.
Height, 3 feet; fourth week of July; flowers, white, borne in long spikes. A very striking late-flowering perennial.
Height, 6 inches; third week of May; flowers, small, bright blue with a yellowish eye. A very profuse bloomer.
Height, 1 foot; fourth week of June; flowers, very large, rich yellow, and borne singly, throughout the summer.
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, †
Height, 1 foot; second week of May; flowers, medium size, orange, white, or yellow, almost continuously until late autumn, †
Height, 2 to 3 feet; first week of June; flowers, very large, scarlet, and variously marked, according to variety, there being many forms.
Height, 2 to 3 feet; first week of July; flowers, deep red, borne in long spikes, very ornamental.
Height, 6 inches; second week of May; flowers, medium size, bright pink, in compact clusters.
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, †
Height, 4 inches; fourth week of May; flowers, medium size, purple, and borne in small clusters.
Height, 6 inches; third week of May; flowers, medium size, deep pink, and borne in small clusters.
Height, 1½ to 2 feet; second week of July; flowers, very large, deep blue, borne singly or in twos. †
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.
Height, 1 foot; second week of July; flowers, large and deep blue.
Height, 2 feet; second week of June; flowers, deep blue, borne in terminal spikes.
Height, 6 inches; third week of May; flowers, medium in size, blue, and borne profusely in loose clusters.
Height, 6 inches; third week of May; flowers, medium in size, blue, borne profusely in pendulous panicles.
Height, 1 foot; fourth week of June; flowers, large, deep orange and yellow, semi-double.
Height, 9 inches; third week of May; flowers, small, deep rose, in compact heads.
Height, 4 feet; September ; flowers, large, white with yellow centers, and borne singly on long stems.
Height, 5 to 6 feet; August; flowers, large, lemon-yellow, double, and borne on long stems. One of the best of lately introduced perennials, †
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.
Height, 1½ feet; first week of July; flowers, large, light blue, and borne singly on long stems, very freely throughout remainder of the summer.
Height, 3 to 5 feet; first week of August; flowers, small, golden yellow, and borne in dense panicles.
Height, 2 feet; fourth week of June; flowers, small, white, very numerous, and borne in many branched panicles. Both foliage and flowers are ornamental.
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, †
Height, 2 to 3 feet; first week of July; flowers, whitish with crimson anthers, borne very profusely in panicles.
Height, 3 to 4 feet; second week of July; flowers, very numerous, dull white, borne in large compound heads, having a soft, feathery appearance.
Height, 4 feet; second week of July; flowers, small, bright pink, borne profusely in large Panicles, †
Height, 1½ feet; first week of July; flowers, small, blue, borne very profusely in loose panicles. Very effective in the Border.
Height, 4 to 5 feet; fourth week of June; flowers, small, white to purplish, very numerous and borne in large panicles.
Height, 1½ to 2 feet; fourth week of May; flowers, large, bright yellow, continuing a long time.
 
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