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hardly seems to me to be worth the labor, unless 

 it be for the purpose of perpetuating with cer- 

 tainty some new color. 



Lychnis Haageana, or Lamp Flower, one of the 

 best of its group, is said to be a hybrid between L. 

 grandiflora and L. fulgens. It grows two feet or 

 more high, and is covered for several weeks with 

 flowers varying in color from a brilliant scarlet to 

 salmon, and light pink, shading to almost white, 

 though the darker shades predominate. The 

 flowers are two inches or more across. The seed 

 Is easily gathered, and may be sowed late in the 

 fall or early spring, the latter being by far the 

 best, as, though a true perennial, the plants will 

 bloom the first year from spring-sown seed. The 

 Lychnis is all the better for partial shade and a 

 cool spot, and it will bloom from the ist of July 

 to the 17th of August. 



The China, or India, Pinks, known as Dian- 

 thus Chinensis, D. Sinensis, or D. Heddewigii, have 

 a long list of named varieties, either in Latin or 

 English, of single, double, or fringed forms. 

 They are amongst the most beautiful of summer- 

 blooming annuals, and will repay all the care 

 bestowed upon them. They do best in dry, well- 

 drained soils, and in such a position they are said 



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