Dreer's 1838 1908 garden book Dreer's 1838 1908 garden book dreers18381908ga1908henr Year: 1908 HARDY PERENNIAL PbANTi 199 ' I^YCHNIS (Campion). All of the Lychnis are of the easiest culture, and this, in addition to their bright- ness, 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, Jerusalem Cross, Lamp Flower, Maltese Cross, None Such, Ragged Robin, etc. L. Chalcedonica i
Dreer's 1838 1908 garden book Dreer's 1838 1908 garden book dreers18381908ga1908henr Year: 1908 HARDY PERENNIAL PbANTi 199 ' I^YCHNIS (Campion). All of the Lychnis are of the easiest culture, and this, in addition to their bright- ness, 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, Jerusalem Cross, Lamp Flower, Maltese Cross, None Such, Ragged Robin, etc. L. Chalcedonica is also called London Pride in some \of the Eastern States ; this name, however, belongs to Saxifraga Umbrosa. ^-Chalcedonica. A most desirable plant, heads of brilliant orange-scarlet, gows 2 to 3 feet high and blooms all summer. (See cut.) Chalcedonica Fl. PI. A double-flowering form, producing immense heads of vermilion-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 ^'Sbiswiest border plants. 25 cts. each ; $ per doz. — Alba. White-Howered form. — Carnea. A pale pink variety. „. Dloica Rosea, Produces masses of rose-colored flowers ; May and June ; 15 inches. -—Haageana. Brilliant orange-scarlet flowers in May and June; 12 inches. Semperflorens Plenlsslma. This pretty vaiiety flowers throughout the entire summer. The flower is of a beautiful, tender rose color, and is produced in bushy spikes 12 inches long. Vespertlna, Double White. Large, double white flowers, produced in the greatest profusion the entire summer; 18 inches high. 25 cts. each ; p<-r 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. Qrandiflora alba. Very attractive, large, single while flowers in June and July. Price, except where noted, 15 cts.
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