. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. 282 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. of them are weedy subjects, but the two following, along with a few others, might with advantage find a place in the mixed border. S. doronicum forms a dense mass of dark green foliage, and bears large golden-yellow flowers on stems i2in. high; these are produced from June to August, and are very showy and useful for cutting. .S". pidchcr (Fig. 163) is a handsome border-plant, flowering in the late autumn; it has purplish-crimson flowers with yellow disks, borne on a branched flower-st
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. 282 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. of them are weedy subjects, but the two following, along with a few others, might with advantage find a place in the mixed border. S. doronicum forms a dense mass of dark green foliage, and bears large golden-yellow flowers on stems i2in. high; these are produced from June to August, and are very showy and useful for cutting. .S". pidchcr (Fig. 163) is a handsome border-plant, flowering in the late autumn; it has purplish-crimson flowers with yellow disks, borne on a branched flower-stem. It grows about 2ft. high. SiDALCEAS are free-flowering showy plants, suitable for the mixed border. S. Candida grows from 2ft. to 3ft. high, and flowers from June to August; the flowers are pure white, and are borne in long terminal racemes. S. Listeri is a showy perennial of recent introduction ; it grows about 3ft. high, and from July to September bears an abun- dance of satiny-pink flowers, with beautifully-fringed sepals. S. 7nalvceflora produces racemes of rosy-purple flowers on stems i-|ft. high. SoLiDAGO (Golden Rod).— This genus contains several coarse-growing plants, suitable for naturalising in semi wild parts of the garden, or for back positions in the mixed border. Increased by seeds or by division. 6^. ?'iigosa (syn. S. altissiuid) grows from 4ft. to 5ft. high, and bears yellow flowers from July to October. S. Virgaurea 7iana is a dwarf and compact form of the common Golden Rod, suitable for the mixed border; it grows 2ft. high, and bears golden-yellow flowers in late autumn. S. cajiadensis, S. gigantea^ S. grandifiora^ Szc, are advertised in nurserymen's catalogues; they are coarse-growing plants, reaching a height of 4ft. or 5ft., and bearing large yellow flowers. Spir^as (Meadow Sweets) are plants of easy culture, very ornamental when grown in mixed borders, shrubberies, or in moist situations, such as the margins of lakes, ponds, &:c. They are readily
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