Sneeze weed

Sneeze-weed (Helenium) - Vigorous and showy plants, flowering in autumn, and thriving in any soil, and, where rightly used, excellent plants. There are two or three species, the most useful being H. autumnale, about 6 feet high, bearing yellow flower-heads. The varieties grandiceps and pumilum are very distinct: grandiceps being of gigantic growth with a fasciated head of bloom, which makes it very showy; pumilum being much dwarfer and better than the type. The variety magnificum is the best. H. atro-purpureum grows 3 or 4 feet high, and has reddish-brown flower-heads. H. Hoopesi flowers in early summer, but is a rather coarse grower, with large orange-yellow flowers. The best modern varieties are H. autumnale rubrum. H. a. superbum, and H. a. Riverton Gem, which, producing great masses of crimson and yellow flowers, grows 5 to 6 feet high. All are very useful for cutting, and remain a long time fresh. N. America.

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