160 LYCHNIS 



LYCH'NIS continued. 



L. coefli-ro'sa continued. 



having small pale rose flowers centred with 

 white. There is also a white form called 

 L. c. al'ba or Burridg'i. L. c. brun'nea has 

 red-brown flowers, and L. c. cardina'lis is 

 magenta colour. Levant, 1713. Syns., 

 Agrostem'ma coe'li-ro'sa and Viscar'ia cae'li- 

 ro'sa and Viscar'ia ocula'ta. 



L. ccerulea is pale lavender. 

 L. Dunnetfti is rose. 

 L. no! no, is a dwarf strain. 



L. picfta e'legans is crimson-purple with broad 

 edging of white. 



L. splen'dens is bright pink. 



L. Haagea'na hybrids, with large handsome scarlet 

 flowers, 1 ft. high, may be included, as they 

 are best treated as annuals. 



Sow lightly and thinly where it is required to 

 grow in March or April. 



MADA'RIA Mignonette Vine (from the Chilian name, 

 madi, of an uncultivated species). Nat. Ord. 

 Composite^. 



M. e'legans, 2 ft. high, the only species cultivated, 

 is an erect-growing hardy Californian annual, 

 with heads of yellow daisy-like flowers touched 

 with red round the centre. The first bloom is 

 produced at the summit of the leading stem, 

 others open in succession downwards, the 



