LYCHNIS LYCOPODIUM. 



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ing in pots or pans for exhibition. 

 Seed and division. 



Lychnis Preslii (PresVs L.} An in- 

 teresting and little known kind, with 

 glabrous foliage and tufted habit, 1 ft. 

 to 20 in. high. Flowers, in summer; 

 purplish or carmine-rose, nearly 1 

 in. across, numerous, scentless, open- 

 ing in the daytime, arranged in fork- 

 ing panicled clusters, and accompanied 

 by reddish bracts ; corona fringed, of a 

 satiny rose-white,notclosingthethroat; 

 calyx reddish, very much swollen, 

 with five short teeth, closely adpressed 

 against the tube of the corolla, and 

 shorter than it. Leaves, of the root 

 numerous, stalked or narrowed into a 

 stalk, oval - lanceolate or obovate, 

 pointed, decurrent, arranged in ro- 

 settes ; stem-leaves oval, abruptly 

 pointed, all entire, and very much 

 veined, smooth, and of a lively dark 



green colour. Poland. Rockwork 



or borders in half-shady positions, in 

 light well-drained soil. Division and 

 seed. 



Lychnis pyrenaica (Pyrenean L.) 

 A small and pretty, but not showy 

 kind, 3 or 4 in. high. Flowers, in 

 early summer, pale flesh-colour, more 

 than i in. across, in forked bundles, 

 with a single flower in each fork, 

 which stands on a long stalk ; petals 

 slightly notched ; calyx bell-shaped, 

 lobes short. Leaves, glaucous, opposite, 

 leathery those of the root on long 

 stalks, spoon-shaped ; of the stem heart- 

 shaped, stalkless. Pyrenees. The 



rock-garden, in ordinary soil. Seed. 



Lychnis Sieboldi (Siebold's .) A 

 handsome kind, about 1 ft. high. 

 flowers, in summer ; large, pure white, 

 few, in a contracted terminal cyme ; 

 limb of the petals wedge - shaped, 

 irregular, jagged on the margin, 

 slightly 2-lobed. Leaves, sessile, lower 

 ones very closely set, spathulate- 

 oblong ; middle and upper ones ovate- 

 oblong, acute, entire, slightly undu- 



lating, soft and downy on both sides. 



Japan. Warm borders, in sandy 



loam. Seed and division. 



Lychnis vespertina (White L.} 

 Silene pratensis. A common native 

 perennial, with loosely branched stems, 

 1 to 3 ft. high, flowers, in summer ; 

 white, slightly scented, in loose 

 panicles, opening in the evening; 

 petals bifid ; calyx nearly f in. long, 

 hairy, ribbed, with 5 lance-shaped 

 teeth. Leaves, opposite, connate, oval- 

 oblong, pointed, tapering at the base, 

 hairy, slightly nerved, upper ones 

 without stalks, lower ones stalked ; 

 stems purplish, swelling at the joints, 

 the upper branches forked ; plant 

 more or less glutinous. There is an 

 ornamental double variety. Abun- 

 dant in Britain and throughout 

 Europe. The double variety, gene- 

 rally known as L. dioica fl. pi., is a 

 handsome border flower, thriving well 

 in rich, free soil. Division. 



Lychnis Viscaria (German Catchfly). 

 A showy and gracefully tufted ever- 

 green herb, with erect stems, very 

 viscid in the upper parts, 10 to 18 in. 

 high. Flowers, in early summer ; rosy- 

 red, in close, showy heads; petals 

 slightly bifid ; calyx tubular, narrow, 

 about 4 in: long, purplish. Leaves, 

 opposite, grass-like, about 3 in. long, 

 and scarcely \ in. wide, with a 

 reddish tip. There are several va- 

 rieties, the most worthy of cultivation 

 being splendens, a variety with brighter 

 flowers ; alba, a charming white one, 

 and the double ones, which have fine 

 rocket-like flowers. Found in Wales 

 and near Edinburgh, and freely dis- 

 tributed over Europe and Asia. 



Arid rough slopes of the rock-garden, 

 in any soil, or in borders, or in a semi- 

 wild state on slopes or banks. Divi- 

 sion or seed. 



Lycopodium dendroideum (Ground 

 Pine}. A club-moss, in habit like a, 

 Lilliputian pine - tree. The sterna, 



