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by the close growth of other plants. Under such treatment a single root 

 has sent up four stalks three feet high, bearing leafy racemes of brilliant 

 cardinal red flowers covering over a foot of the stem. It is one of the 

 pure full red flowers of the garden and very beautiful when the plant is 

 well established. I advise a little protection in winter such as a plant 

 would get by the dying down and matting of vegetation about it. 



CLEMATIS COCCINEA, see Leather Flower, Red. 



CLEMATIS (C. Jackmanni, var. Ville de Lyori). 4-8 ft. A showy 

 form of Clematis, very hardy, with slender stem and scant foliage, bear- 

 ing large old red flowers. For culture see Clematis, White Per., July. 



CORAL BELLS (Heuchera sanguined), i ft. A very handsome though 

 not a large plant, with a low spreading growth of leaves, and long nod- 

 ding loose panicles of coral-red flowers resembling the Begonia. Give 

 a rich deep soil, full sun and water during the flowering season. Prop- 

 agated by suckers and seed. 



FRENCH HONEYSUCKLE (Hedysarum coronarium). 3-4 ft. Leaves 

 downy beneath and at the margins, flowers a deep red in spikes or 

 crowded racemes. Give a sunny location and rich deep soil. Propa- 

 gated by seed and division of the root. 



GEUM, see Avens. 



HEDYSARUM, see French Honeysuckle. 



HEUCHERA, see Coral Bells. 



HOLLYHOCK (Althea rosed). 4-9 ft. Single and double varieties in 

 pure cardinal red; for culture see Hollyhock, White Per., July. 



LARKSPUR. Red (Delphinium nudicaule). 2 ft. Has but few leaves 

 deeply cut with an irridescent surface when young; tall scape scattered 

 with orange-scarlet flowers. Give protection in winter; also rich sandy 

 loam. Increases but slightly at the root. Propagated by seed and divi- 

 sion of root in strong plants. For further culture see Larkspur, White 

 Per., July. 



LEATHER FLOWER. Red (Clematis Viorna, var. coccined). 2-5 ft. 

 A slender branching herbaceous vine that bears thick leathery pointed 

 buds, that, when open, curve outwards only at the tips, looking more like 

 a calyx of a flower; of a good color, but a disappointment as a flower. 

 For culture see Clematis, White Per., July. 



LOOSESTRIFE. Spiked (Ly thrum salicaria, var. roseum superbum); 

 (L. roseum superbum). 2 ft. A vigorous plant sending up several leafy 

 stalks, bearing purplish-red or pink flowers crowded in *heir axils, ending 

 in a wand-like spike 6 in. long. It is of such a peculiar color that it does 



