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Lychnis Haayeana, with shaggy stems 

 and bracts, and flowers of a splendid scarlet ; 

 L. flos-Jovis, a downy plant, with rich 

 purplish flowers ; L. Coronaria, the hand- 

 some Rose Campion ; L. fulgens, with 

 vermilion-coloured flowers, from Siberia ; 

 and the double varieties of L. diurna and 

 vespertina^ although, for the most part, 

 handsome plants, are too large for associa- 

 tion with rock-plants. 



LYCOPODIUM DENDROIDEUM 



(Ground Pine). A club-moss, in habit 

 like a Liliputian Pine-tree, and of all 

 its family by far the most worthy of 

 a place in the rock-garden. The little 

 stems, ascending to a height of 6 to 

 9 inches, from a creeping root, are 

 much branched, and clothed with small 

 bright, shining green leaves ; fruit- 

 cones yellow, long, cylindrical, and, 

 like the stems, erect. A native of 

 moist woods in North America, and 

 high mountains of the Southern 

 United States. I have never seen 

 this plant perfectly grown except in 

 Mr Peek's garden, at Wimbledon, 

 where it flourishes as freely as in its 

 native woods, in a bed of deep sandy 

 peat, fully exposed to the sun. Few 

 plants are more worthy of being 

 established in a deep bed of moist 

 peat in some part of the rock-garden, 

 where its distinct habit will prove 

 attractive at all seasons. It is 

 difficult to increase, and as yet ex- 

 ceedingly rare in this country. In 

 attempting its culture, the chief point 

 is the selection of sound well-rooted 

 plants to begin with ; small specimens 

 may retain their verdure after the 

 root has perished, and thus often de- 

 ceive. Some of our native Club-Mosses 

 are worthy of a place in the marsh- 

 garden. 



LYSIMACHIA NUMMULARIA 



(Creeping Jenny). Were this native 

 a new plant, and not one found 



mantling over the ditch-side, we 

 should probably think it worth having, 

 with its long- drooping, flower- laden 

 shoots, whether on points of moist 

 rock or sloping banks. Creepers and 

 trailers we have in abundance, but 

 few which flower so profusely as this, 

 growing in any soil. In moist and 

 deep soil, the shoots will attain a 

 length of nearly 3 feet, flowering the 

 whole of their extent. Rarely or 

 never seeds, but easily increased by 

 division. Flowering in early summer, 

 and often throughout the season, 

 especially in the case of young plants. 

 A native of England, but not of 

 Ireland or Scotland. 



Lysimachia nemorum (Yellow Pimper- 

 nel) is also a slender creeping plant, useful 

 in or near the rock-garden. It is a native 

 of all our counties. The other kinds 

 known in gardens are too large for the 

 rock-garden. 



MAIANTHEMUM BIFOLIUM 



(Twin-leaved Lily of the Valley). A 

 dwarf perennial, allied to the Lily of 

 the Valley, and a native of our own 

 country. Its habit and relationship 

 make it interesting, and it is easily 

 grown in shady or half-shady spots, 

 and under or near Hollies or other 

 bushes. Syn., Convallara bifolia. 



MALVASTRUM (Rock mallow). 

 These are in flower like Mallows, but 

 not quite hardy, being natives of the 

 warmer parts of America. M. Mun- 

 roanum is a dwarf plant with rather 

 small orange-red flowers, and M. lateri- 

 tium, a dwarf native of Buenos Ayres, 

 has brick-red flowers. Sometimes in 

 mild districts these plants thrive in 

 the rock-garden or well-drained borders, 

 in light warm soil. 



MAZUS PUMILIO (Dwarf M).A 

 distinct little New Zealand er, creeping 

 underground, so as rapidly to lorm 



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