300 HARDY HERBACEOUS FLOWERS. 



rose-colored flowers. They are easily raised from seed, beginning 

 to flower the second year, but increasing in profuseness of bloom 

 until they are four or five years old. 



Lychnis. — L. Ghalcedonica. — A native of Russia. The 

 flowers are borne in trusses, and are either white or brilliant 

 scarlet, and both single and double. The single are easily raised 

 from seed, the double can only be propagated by dividing the 

 roots early in spring, or by cuttings. The single varieties seem 

 to be perfectly hardy in our climate, but the double require a 

 shght protection where the winters are open. The double 

 varieties are truly splendid, especially the scarlet-flowered, and 

 continue in bloom from June until autumn. 



L. Fulgens. — Is a hardy species from Siberia, its flowers are 

 scarlet, about an inch in diameter, very showy, but single. 

 There are double white and double scarlet varieties of this 

 species, which, like the double varieties of Ghalcedonica, require 

 to have some protection during our open winters, — as we have 

 learned to our cost, — and which are not easily to be obtained. 



L. Flos-cuculi. — This is the Eagged Eobin of EngHsh flower- 

 gardens, a deservedly popular flower, of easy cultivation, growing 

 in any loamy, well-drained soil. The flowers are very double, 

 and of a deep pink color. There is also a double white variety. 

 They are easily propagated by divisions of the root. These 

 su^'er more when the winters are open than when the ground is 

 covered with snow. 



L. Senno. — A new species from Japan. There are white and 

 red varieties of this also, and it will probably prove to be hardy 

 in our climate. 



PcEONiA. — The Peony. — The herbacious Peonias are among 

 the most hardy and most showy of our border flowers. They wiU 

 adapt themselves to almost any soil, though they prefer a rich, deep 

 loam. Once planted they should remain in the same border for 

 a number of years, receiving in early spring a top-dressing of 

 well-rotted manure, to encourage their growth, and improve the 

 6ize and beauty of their blooms. They are multiplied by 



