. Annual & hardy perennial plants. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Chester County; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Pernnials Seeds Catalogs. 26 HOOPES, BRO. & THOMAS' CATALOGUE OF. [Hepatica triloba.] HEPATICA. Liver Leaf. 25 cts. each. A neat little genus, with three-lobed, heart-shaped leaves; blooming very early in spring • flowers single, on hairy stems. Prefers leaf mold and light soil. II. triloba. A common native plant, appearing in bloom soon after the frost leaves the ground. Flowers various shades of blue. Found also in Europe. HESPERIS. Rocket. 25 cts. each. A cruciferous genu
. Annual & hardy perennial plants. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Chester County; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Pernnials Seeds Catalogs. 26 HOOPES, BRO. & THOMAS' CATALOGUE OF. [Hepatica triloba.] HEPATICA. Liver Leaf. 25 cts. each. A neat little genus, with three-lobed, heart-shaped leaves; blooming very early in spring • flowers single, on hairy stems. Prefers leaf mold and light soil. II. triloba. A common native plant, appearing in bloom soon after the frost leaves the ground. Flowers various shades of blue. Found also in Europe. HESPERIS. Rocket. 25 cts. each. A cruciferous genus of plants, with the habit of the Stock-Gilly, and producing large, attractive flowers— sometimes fragrant. Easily grown. II. matronal is. (Dame's Violet.) A Euro- pean species, growing one or two feet high, and bearing in early summer, numerous sweet-scent- ed, purple flowers. HIBISCUS. Rose Mallow. 25 cts. each. A large genus belonging to the Malvaceae, having large, showy flowers borne singly, and of rather coarse growth. Most of the species are tropical. The following are all natives and hardy. H. grandiflorus. (Large Rose Mallow.) Resembles the common Swamp Rose Mallow, but with heart-shaped, and more downy leaves. A beautiful plant, three or four feet high. H. militaris. (Halberd-leaved Rose Mallow.) Grows three or four feet high, smooth, with thin, roundish leaves, and large, pale, rose-colored flowers, in July and August. Fine for backgrounds of beds. H. Moscheutos. (Swamp Rose Mallow.) Tomeutose* plant, with broadly ovate, mostly three-lobed leaves, and white or pale rose-colored flow- ers in July and August. HIERACEVM. Hawkweed. 25 cts. each. A large genus, with mostly yellow flowers, and of easy cultivation. Hardy and desirable. H. aurantiacum. A low, creeping plant, with hairy leaves and numerous bright, orange-colored flowers. It is well worthy of a spot in every collec- tion. HOTEIA. SPlRiEA. 20 cts. each. A genus separated from the Spiraeas, of low growth, e
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