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tinged with blush, changing to blue, with a yellow centre, in 

 July; Bogota 51819. Best treated as a biennial. A very beauti- 

 ful variety named Cruikshanksii has the flowers deep-blue with 

 yellow, changing to red. L. nanus (dwarf) ; hardy annual ; I 

 foot ; flowers blue, in June ; California ; 1833. L. ornatus (or- 

 nate) ; hardy perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers purple-lilac, in May ; 

 Columbia ; 1826. L. perennis (perennial) ; hardy perennial ; 2 

 feet ; flowers blue, in June ; North America ; 1658. L. pilosus 

 (shaggy) ; hardy annual ; 2 feet ; flowers pink, in July ; south 

 of Europe ; 1710. L. polyphyllus (many-leaved); hardy peren- 

 nial ; 3 feet ; flowers blue or white, in May; Colombia; 1826. 

 L. pubescens (downy) ; half-hardy biennial ; 3 feet ; flowers vio- 

 let blue, in June ; Quito ; 1844. L. tomentosus (thick downy) ; 

 half-hardy sub-shrub ; 4 feet ; flowers pink and white, in July ; 

 Peru ; 1825. L. versicolor (party-colored) ; half-hardy sub-shrub ; 

 3 feet ; flowers pink and blue, in July ; Mexico ; 1825. 



LYCHNIS. [Caryophyllaceae.] Hardy herbaceous peren- 

 nials, some of which are very ornamental. This may be 

 said of L. Chalcedonica, commonly called Scarlet Lychnis, of 

 which both double and single have been known in gar- 

 dens for many years, and are as common as the Stock or the 

 Sunflower. They require to be frequently transplanted and 

 divided, giving them fresh good compost, rich sandy loam 

 at each planting, or they soon run out; and this is more 

 particularly the case with the double than single-flowered va- 

 rieties ; it should be done in spring. They develop a dense 

 head of brilliant scarlet blooms at the top of the stem. L. 

 fulgens and L. coronata are smaller, but very showy plants ; 

 their roots require to be protected from wet in winter, by 

 taking them up in autumn, potting them, and placing them 

 in a dry frame. The dwarf hardy kinds are proper for dry 

 rock-work. They are propagated by parting the roots, and 

 also from seeds, which should be sown in pans, or on pre- 

 pared beds, about May, merely thinning out the young plants 

 until they are large enough to transplant, when they may be 



