. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. 246 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. August in warm localities. The typical plant has deep blue flowers but forms with white and pale blue flowers are also known, Clintonia pulchella, properly called Downingia, is a charming little plant, 6in. high, admirable for rockwork, bedding, or for edgings ; it has blue, white, and yellow flowers, produced during the late summer. Cosmos bipinnatus (Fig. 135), 2ft. to 3ft, is a graceful plant, with fine feathery foliage and large flowers like single Dahlias; they are rose or purple in co
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. 246 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. August in warm localities. The typical plant has deep blue flowers but forms with white and pale blue flowers are also known, Clintonia pulchella, properly called Downingia, is a charming little plant, 6in. high, admirable for rockwork, bedding, or for edgings ; it has blue, white, and yellow flowers, produced during the late summer. Cosmos bipinnatus (Fig. 135), 2ft. to 3ft, is a graceful plant, with fine feathery foliage and large flowers like single Dahlias; they are rose or purple in colour, with yellow disks. Several varieties have originated with white, pink, and rose-coloured. Fig. 135.—Cosmos bipinnatus. flowers, whilst the form sulphureus has rich clear yellow flowers, and does not grow quite so tall as the others. Daturas.—See "Sub-Tropical ; Grammanthes gentianoides, 3in. high, forms a little tuft of fleshy leaves, and is covered with numerous star-shaped flowers, varying in colour from pale yellow to deep red. It flowers in July. The seed should be sown in heat, during March, and the seedlings planted out in May in a dry, warm, sunny situation. It is suitable for rockwork, edgings, and also for pot culture. Helipterum Sandfordi (Humboldtiamtm) is a dwarf, branched everlasting, growing from i2in. to i8in. high, and flowering about July; it has dense corymbs of golden-yellow flowers which are. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Drury, William D. , 1857-1928; Abbott, J. M. London, L. U. Gill; New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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