. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1034. Helipterun roseum (.-. 1U35. Helipterum Humboldti- anum (X ^u). pink (or varying to whito in //. dlbuvi, Hort.). Anstr;il. âA very serviceable and handsome [dant, AA. Heads small, clutitrred. Humboldti^num, D('. {IT. Sditfnrdii, Hook. Jion-drdia fhnnb(.ddlid)ia, Voss). Fig. KKi.'j. Annual (or cu
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1034. Helipterun roseum (.-. 1U35. Helipterum Humboldti- anum (X ^u). pink (or varying to whito in //. dlbuvi, Hort.). Anstr;il. âA very serviceable and handsome [dant, AA. Heads small, clutitrred. Humboldti^num, D('. {IT. Sditfnrdii, Hook. Jion-drdia fhnnb(.ddlid)ia, Voss). Fig. KKi.'j. Annual (or cult, as such), erect or with a decumbent base, the stems some- what branching : lvs. (and stems) white-tomentose, linear or lance-linear, pointed, alternate: heads small, oblong, yellow, in a dense corymbose truss. Australia corymbinbrum, Schlecht. {Roccdrdla corymhifldra, Voss). Annual, lower than tbe last, more branchy: lvs. broader: heads 2-6 times larger, top-sbaped, in small corymbs, the prominent rays white. Australia. L. H. B. HELLEBORE. See Relleborus. HELLEBORUS (ancient name of H. orientalis, mean- ing unknown). Ranunculdcea?. Hardy herbaceous per- ennials, about 8 species, natives of Europe and western Asia. Erect, with large palmately divided lvs., the ba- sal long-petioled, the upper sessile and sometimes re- duced to bracts: fis. large, "white, greenish, red, purple, or yellowish; sepals 5, broad, petal-like, mainly persis- tent; petals small, tubular, furnished with claws; sta- mens many ; carpels 3-10, sessile, forming leathery, many-seeded capsules, dehiscent at the apex. All the kinds will thrive in ordinary garden soil, but for the best results use a soil of rich loam and coarse sand, with a top-dressing of rotten niauure. A moist, welt-drained, partially shaded situation is preferable. The species may be planted in shrubbery holders, and in rockeries, or if wanted for cut-flowers they should be planted in beds. An important point is not to dis
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