160 LYCHNIS 



Lych'nis — continued. 



L. coe'li-ro'sa — continued. 



having small pale rose flowers centred with 

 white. There is also a white form called 

 L. G. al'ha or Burridg'i. L. c. hrun'nea has 

 red-brown flowers, and L. c. cardina'lis is 

 magenta colour. Levant, 1713. Syns., 

 Agrostenhna coe'li-rdsa and Viscm^'ia coe'li- 

 ro'sa and Viscar'ia ocula'ta. 



L. Goerulea is pale lavender. 

 L. Dunnet'ti is rose. 

 L. na'na is a dwarf strain. 



L. pic'ta e'legans is crimson-purple with broad 

 edging of white. 



L. splen'dens is bright pink. 



L. Haagea'na hybrids, with large handsome scarlet 

 flowers, 1 ft. high, may be included, as they 

 are best treated as annuals. 



Sow lightly and thinly where it is required to 

 grow in March or April. 



Mada'ria — Mignonette Vine (from the Chilian name, 

 madi, of an uncultivated species). Nat. Ord. 

 Compositce. 



M. e'legans^ 2 ft. high, the only species cultivated, 

 is an erect-growing hardy Californian annual, 

 with heads of yellow daisy-like flowers touched 

 with red round the centre. The first bloom is 

 produced at the summit of the leading stem, 

 others open in succession downwards, the 



