. Lysimachia Clrthroides. Lychnis Chalcrdonica. Lobelia Cardinalis LYCHNIS (Campion). All of the Lychnis are of the easiest culture, and this, in addition to their brightness, has brought them into high favor with lovers of hardy plants. Perhaps no class of plants has more common or popular names than the various varieties of Lychnis, of which the following is but a partial list : Campion, Devil's Flower, Gardener's Delight, Gardener's Eye, Jeiusalem Cross, Lamp Flower, Maltese Cross, None Such, Ragged Robin, etc. L. Chalce- donica is also called London Pride in some of the Eastern States; thi
. Lysimachia Clrthroides. Lychnis Chalcrdonica. Lobelia Cardinalis LYCHNIS (Campion). All of the Lychnis are of the easiest culture, and this, in addition to their brightness, has brought them into high favor with lovers of hardy plants. Perhaps no class of plants has more common or popular names than the various varieties of Lychnis, of which the following is but a partial list : Campion, Devil's Flower, Gardener's Delight, Gardener's Eye, Jeiusalem Cross, Lamp Flower, Maltese Cross, None Such, Ragged Robin, etc. L. Chalce- donica is also called London Pride in some of the Eastern States; this name, however, belongs to Saxifraga Umbrosa. Alpina. A pretty rock plant with rose-colored flowers in May and June; 6 inches" — Alba. A white-flowered form. Chalcedonica. A most desirable plant, heads of brilliant orange-scarlet, grows 2 to 3 feet high and blooms all summer. (See cut.) Chalcedonica Fl. PI. A double-flowering form, producing immense heads of ver. milion-scarlet flowers, far exceeding in brilliancy the brightest Geraniums ; 2 to 3 feet high, flowering from July to September. A gem for cutting, and one of the showiest border plants. 25 cts. each ; $ per doz. — Alba. White-lowered form. | — Carnea. A pale pink variety. Dioica Rosea. Produces masses of rose-colored flowers; May and June : 15 inches. Haageana. Brilliant orange-scarlet flowers in May and June ; 12 inches. Semperflorens Plenissima. This pretty variety flowers throughout the entire summer. The flower is of a beautiful, tender rose color, and is produced in bushy spikes 12 inches long. Vespertina, Double White. Large, double white flowers, produced in the greatest profusion the entire summer ; 18 inches high. 25 cts ...each ; $2 50 per doz. ViSCaria, Double Red. Forms a dense tuft of evergreen foliage, and in June sends up spikes of handsome, double, deep-red, fragrant flowers, remaining in per- fection for six weeks. -- Grandlflora alba. Very attractive, large, single white flowers in J
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