64 The American Flower Garden 



White, dull purple, red, single and double, five inches across. 

 Nodding buds. Glaucous foliage. A most gorgeous annual; 

 3 feet. Allow one foot space to each plant. 



PYRETHRUM (Chrysanthemum coccineum). Crimson, magenta, rose, 

 white, daisy-like, single and double. June to July; 3 feet. Must 

 have perfect drainage to avoid crown rot, especially in winter. If 

 foliage rots in summer after heavy rains, cut some away. 



RAGGED ROBIN, LONDON PRIDE (Lychnis Flos-cuculi). Double red or 

 rosy flowers, the petals cut in four strips. Perennial; blooming 

 all summer; I to 2 feet. &quot;Flos-cuculi&quot; means cuckoo flower. 

 Very common in old gardens and now naturalised. , EVER- 

 BLOOMING (L. Flos-cuculi, var. plenissima). Has extraordinary 

 number of flowers over exceptionally long season; lasts a long time 

 when cut. 



RAGGED SAILOR. See CORNFLOWER. 



ROCKET, SWEET ROCKET, DAME S ROCKET (Hesperis matronalis). 

 Magenta, mauve, or white. July; 3 feet. Long spikes of small 

 four-petalled flowers which are most fragrant at evening. Select 

 a plant with good lavender colour and propagate that, or plant the 

 white kind. Double forms. Perennial. 



ROSE CAMPION. See MULLEIN PINK. 



ROSE OF HEAVEN (Lychnis Cceli-rosd). Rosy flowers one inch across all 

 summer. Petals slightly notched; eyed, fimbriated and white vari 

 eties also. Annual; I to i^ feet. Very floriferous. Likes sun. 



ROSES of various sorts generally referred to as &quot;old-fashioned&quot; or 

 &quot;garden.&quot; These include the hundred-leaved (Rosa centifolia), 

 damask (R. Damascena), the Pink Daily and the Old Cabbage, 

 and the York and Lancaster with flowers sometimes all red or all 

 white, or parti-coloured; also the Persian brier for its yellow flowers. 

 All these do well anywhere, in good garden soil, flowering in June. 

 The fragrant leaved sweetbrier or eglantine (R. rubiginosd) ekes 

 out a struggling existence. It should be raised from seed sown 

 in the fall. None of the all-summer bloomers having tea blood are 

 admissible to the old-fashioned garden. 



SWEET WILLIAM (Dianthus barbatus). One of the oldest garden flowers, 

 and now run wild. Single and double. Flowers in dense, flat head, 

 fragrant, various colours, chiefly red or reddish and white or pink. 



