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number of other species and varieties, which are beautiful, 

 but not yet in general cultivation. 



Lychnis COronariai Rose Campion or Mullien Pink, 

 is a common showy border-flower ; not a perfect peren- 

 nial, but can be kept by dividing the roots when large. 

 It is also easily propagated from seed, which flowers the 

 second year. The common variety has deep-red flowers, 

 another with white, and still another with white with a 

 rose center ; one and one-half foot high ; in flower in 

 June and July. 



L* FloS-JOYis* is another perennial variety with smaller 

 red flowers in umbels, with soft downy leaves ; one and 

 one-half foot high. L. cceli-rosa is an annual, with rose- 

 colored flowers, very pretty, but not showy ; one foot high. 



LYSIMACHIA. LOOSE-STRIFE. 



[Name said to be in honor of King Lysimachus.] 



Lysimachia iiumnmlaria. Moneywort. Is an orna- 

 mental creeping perennial, with yellow flowers all the 

 season, suitable for rock-work, or hanging from a pot in a 

 northern exposure; a number of the indigenous species 

 are worth cultivating. 



LYTHRUM, WILLOW-HERB. 



[From the Greek for blood, in allusion to the flowers.] 



Lythrum salicaria. Is a British perennial, and is con- 

 sidered a handsome border-flower; three or four feet 

 high, with purple flowers in July and August ; leaves op- 

 posite, cordate, lanceolate ; flowers in spikes. 



L. rose urn Suptfrbum, This is a hardy perennial, and 

 a great improvement over L. salicaria. The plant is from 



