Hardy and Half-hardy Plants 



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Fig. 223. Lychnis Ilaageana 



stems, 



L. visc'aria is a pretty evergreen 

 plant with clammy stems, grass-like 

 leaves, and red-purple flowers. The 

 double - flowered form (flore pleno), 

 with rose -pink bloom, is the best 

 garden plant; but there are white 

 and other forms, all easily grown. 



Lycoris radiata. A beautiful 

 Chinese and Japanese bulbous plant, 

 1-1 ^ ft. high, with bright flowers. 

 L. squamigera from Japan, has rose- 

 red flowers or lilac on stems, 2-3 ft. 

 high. L. aurea has bright - yellow 

 flowers, but others like incarnata, 

 sanguinea, and Sprengeri, have rose 

 or purple blooms. These bulbs are 

 hardy only in the mildest parts of 

 the kingdom, L. squumigera being 

 the hardiest (fig. 224). 



Lysimachia nummularia (CREEP- 

 ING JENNY, MONEYWORT). This British plant, with creeping 

 roundish glistening - green 

 leaves, and yellow flowers from 

 June to August, is a popular 

 market plant, and is largely 

 grown for window-box decora- 

 tion in summer and also for 

 rock gardens. It grows in any 

 garden soil, and is easily pro- 

 pagated by division in early 

 autumn. The golden - leaved 

 form (aurea) is particularly 

 attractive for ground work, but 

 not for window boxes. In 

 spring the plants are often 

 lifted and placed in 5-in. pots, 

 and stood on shelves in a 

 greenhouse to bring them along 

 earlier and thus secure better 

 prices about 4s. per dozen- 

 in market. The " roots " are 

 sold freely also, and realize 

 about Qd. per dozen in spring. 



Other species of Lysi- Fig . 2 , 4 . Lycorissquamigera 



machia are L. clethroides, from 

 Japan, 2-3 ft. high, with conical spikes of white flowers from July to 



