. MACHIA ClETHH LOBELI\ CaRDINALIS. LYCHNIS (Campion). All of the Lychnis are of the easiest â culture, and this, in addition to then- brightness, has brought them into high favor with lovers of hardy plants. Per haps no class of plants has moie com- mon or popular names thnn the various varieties of Lychnis, of which the fol- lowing is but a partial list: Campion, Devil's Flower, Gardener's Delight, Gardener's Eye, Jerusalem Cross, Lamp Flower, Maltese Cross, None Such, Ragged Robbin, etc. L. Chalcedonica is also called London Pride in some of the Eastern States; this name, however, belongs t
. MACHIA ClETHH LOBELI\ CaRDINALIS. LYCHNIS (Campion). All of the Lychnis are of the easiest â culture, and this, in addition to then- brightness, has brought them into high favor with lovers of hardy plants. Per haps no class of plants has moie com- mon or popular names thnn the various varieties of Lychnis, of which the fol- lowing is but a partial list: Campion, Devil's Flower, Gardener's Delight, Gardener's Eye, Jerusalem Cross, Lamp Flower, Maltese Cross, None Such, Ragged Robbin, etc. L. Chalcedonica is also called London Pride in some of the Eastern States; this name, however, belongs to Saxifraga Umbrosa. N Alpina. A pretty rock plant with rose-colored flowers in May and June ; 6 inches â Alba. A white-flowered form. Chalcedonica. A most desirable plant, heads of brilliant orange-scarlet, grows 2 t > 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. â Alba. White-flowered form. | â Carnea. A pale pink variety. M Dioica Rosea. Produces masses of rose-colored flowers during May and June; 15 inches. Haageana. Brilliant orange-scarlet flowers; blooms in i\Iay and June; 12 inches I 10 CIS. each ; $ per doz. *s/ 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, which are produced in the greatest profusion during 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 perfection for six weeks. Price, 15 cts. each; $ per doz.
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