62 SUMMER AND AUTUMN FLOWERS [CH. 



comes into bloom in early summer. All have white pendent 

 flowers tipped with green. 



Lobelia Cardinalis is perhaps the most conspicuously 

 beautiful of autumn flowers. It is a bog-loving plant, 

 and not very robust, and requires the protection of coal 

 ashes in severe winters. 



Of Lupines there are annuals, biennals, and perennials. 

 The Tree Lupines are sweet-scented. The yellow is 

 specially good. The flower spikes of polyphyllus are par- 

 ticularly effective. The annuals are varied in colour 

 and very easily grown. 



Lychnis, a brilliant, erect-growing family of plants, 

 which thrive best in beds of peaty mould or deep sandy 

 loam. Calcedonica, 3 feet, has dense heads of bright scarlet 

 flowers, both single and double, in June and July ; fulgens, 

 i foot, vermilion; Haageana, ij feet, scarlet; grandiflora, 

 I foot, coppery-orange all are large-flowered and showy, 

 but require a little protection in winter. 



Lithospermum prostratum is a dwarf evergreen with a 

 spreading habit and lovely blue flowers of the same shade 

 as Gentians. It is well suited for growing down the edge 

 of a rocky bank, and thrives best in peaty loam. 



Mimulus (Monkey-flower) grows well in damp places 

 and on the margin of water. Cardinalis is a showy plant ; 

 Moschatus is the common Musk, and Harrisoni is a 



