[In this selection the dwarfer bedding-plants, etc., are omitted. Those selected are chiefly such as would bear more intimate association with fine-foliaged plants.]
| Alstræmeria, in var. |
| Amaryllis Belladonna, and vars. |
| Gladioli, in great variety |
| Sparaxis pulcherrima |
| Lilium, in great variety |
| Agapanthus umbellatus, in the milder districts |
| Arum crinitum |
| Arum Dracunculus |
| Asclepias Cornuti |
| “Douglasii |
| “tuberosa |
| Calla æthiopica |
| Crinum capense |
| ““roseum |
| Erythrina, in var. |
| Funkia grandiflora |
| Pancratium illyricum |
| “maritimum |
| Tropæolum speciosum |
| Acanthus longifolius |
| Achillea Eupatorium |
| “Millefolium roseum |
| Aconitum, in var. |
| Ammobium alatum |
| Anchusa italica |
| Anemone japonica, and vars. |
| “vitifolia |
| Antirrhinum, fine vars. |
| Asphodelus luteus |
| “ramosus |
| Aster turbinellus |
| “pyrenæus |
| “discolor |
| “ericoides |
| “Novæ Angliæ |
| “Novi Belgii |
| “coccineus |
| “Amellus |
| “lævis, and any other tall and ornamental kinds |
| Campanula pyramidalis |
| “persicifolia, and vars. |
| “latifolia |
| “macrantha |
| Coreopsis lanceolata |
| Crambe cordifolia |
| Delphinium, in great var. |
| Dictamnus Fraxinella |
| Digitalis purpurea, in var. |
| Echinops ruthenicus, and any other showy species |
| Epilobium angustifolium |
| ““album |
| Stenactis speciosa |
| Erodium Manescavi |
| Eryngium alpinum |
| “amethystinum, and other species |
| Eupatorium ageratoides |
| “purpureum |
| Gaillardia, in var. |
| Galega officinalis |
| Hedysarum coronarium |
| Helenium atropurpureum |
| Helianthus multiflorus fl. pl. |
| Hemerocallis flava |
| “fulva |
| “disticha fl. pl., and others |
| Hesperis matronalis, fl. pl. |
| Iris pallida |
| “De Bergii |
| “ochroleuca |
| “germanica, in var. and any other large kind. Flowering early, they should be associated chiefly with hardy subjects
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| Lathyrus latifolius, and vars. |
| “grandiflorus |
| “tuberosus |
| Liatris, in var. |
| Lobella Tupa, on well-drained, deep, and light soils. Tall herbaceous kinds in great variety |
| Lupinus polyphyllus, and vars. Largest annual kinds |
| Lychnis coronaria, in var. |
| Lythrum roseum superbum |
| “virgatum |
| Michauxia campanuloides |
| Mirabilis Jalapa, in var. |
| Monarda, in var. |
| Morina longiflora |
| Œnothera, all the tall kinds |
| Pæonia, in great var. |
| Poppy, in var. |
| Pentstemon, in var. |
| Phlomis Herba-venti |
| “tuberosa |
| “Russelliana |
| Phlox, taller kinds, in great variety |
| Phygelius capensis, in warm districts |
| Polygonatum multiflorum, with Ferulas and other hardy things |
| Polygonum orientale |
| Potentilla, larger kinds in var. |
| Pyrethrum, choice double and single kinds in great var. |
| “uliginosum |
| Rudbeckia Newmanni |
| “hirta |
| Salvia patens |
| Saxifraga crassifolia |
| Schizostylis coccinea |
| Scabiosa caucasica |
| Scilla peruviana |
| Sedum spectabile |
| ““purpureum |
| Spiræa palmata |
| “venusta |
| Statice latifolia |
| Stokesia cyanea, on warm soils in the south |
| Symphytum bohemicum |
| “caucasicum |
| Thermopsis fabacea |
| Tradescantia virginica, and its varieties |
| Tigridia Pavonia, and other kinds |
| Tritoma, all the kinds |
| Trollius napellifolius |
| “asiaticus, and others |
| Veronica, any tall herbaceous kinds, and in southern and mild districts the varieties of the evergreen New Zealand species |
| Vinca major, on the fringes of beds or groups of hardy kinds |
| Hollyhock, in var. |
| Dahlia, show, fancy, pompone, and bedding vars. |
| Verbascum Thapsus |
| “Chaixii |
| Baptisia australis |
| Vernonia noveboracensis |
| Fuchsia, in var. |
| Datura ceratocaula |
| Abutilon, in var. |
| Ageratum, in var. |
| Petunia, in var. |
| Chrysanthemum, early-flowering kinds |
| Amarantus, in var. |
| Argemone grandiflora |
| Calliopsis, in var. |
| Cosmos bipinnatus purpureus |
| Echinacea angustifolia |
| “atropurpurea |
| Hibiscus, any of the perennial American kinds |
| Malope, in var. |
| Matthiola, in var. |
| Scabiosa atropurpurea, in var. |
| French and African marigolds |
| Xeranthemum annuum, and vars. |
| Zinnia, in great variety |
| China aster, in var. |
| Brugmansia sanguinea |
[The trees of this Selection will for the most part display much greater beauty and size of foliage if kept in a dwarf simple-stemmed condition by being cut down every year. Conifers are, of course, excepted.]