MAGENTA TO PINK 
MAY 
Color English ae er oti Height |Time of 
Name Synonyms i Saabs Bloom 
“Rosy |GERMAN *L¥chnis Tufted plant with a profusion of | 6-20 in. |Mid. 
red” 31 CATCHFLY |Viscaria showy flowers in panicles. Grass-like |Sun May 
leaves. Much used in old-fashioned to late 
gardens and borders. Prop. by seed, June 
division or cuttings. Any soil. Eu- 
ve Siberia. 
ar. elegans, scarlet with stripes of 
white. Var. flore-pleno; (color no. 
31), double, a good variety. 
“Rose” |LARGE *Pednia Beautiful shrub with large double | 3-6ft. |Mid. 
29 |ROSY TREE |Moutan var. | flowers. Harder to grow than her- |Sun or {May to 
PEONY résea supérba | baceous Peony, needing protected |half mid. 
P. M.“‘Reine| spot and winter covering. Effective /shade June 
Elizabeth,”’ | in isolated clumps, in the border or on 
“Triomphe de| edge of shrubbery. Prop. by grafting 
Grand” on roots of herbaceous species. It does 
not flower until the third year. Being 
a gross feeder, it likes a rich moist 
loam enriched with cow manure. Hort. 
“Delicate|/ DOUBLE Peonia Flowers somewhat double. See P.| 3-6 ft. ef 
rose” RED TREE |Moutaén Moutan var. rosea superba. Hort. |Sun or 
bet. PEONY var. ribra- half 
26 & 27 pléna shade 
“Deep |THREE- *Pednia Handsome herbaceous species with | 14-2 ft. |May 
pink” |PART triternata brilliant flowers and leaves of very |Sun or 
LEAVED P. datirica regular shape. Effective in clumps on |balf 
PEONY lawns and planted in masses in the |shade 
garden. Usually prop. by autumn 
root-division. Deep moist loam, en- 
riched with cow-manure. Siberia. 
“Purple (CRAWLING |*Phléx A creeping plant with many flower-| 4-8 in. |May, 
rose” 27 |PHLOX réptans bearing stems, forming pretty tufts in |Sun June 
lighter & P. stolonifera | rock-garden or border. Prop. by seed, 
redder division or cuttings. Light rich soil. 
S. Eastern U.S. A. 
“Magen- |DARK *Phi6x See page 40. Late 
ta” bet. [PURPLE subulata var. Apr., 
44 & 38 MOSS atropurpirea May 
dull PINK 
“Rose” |LEAFY *Phléx See page 40. ss 
MOSS subulata 
PINK var. frondésa 
“Pur- |FLOWERING|Polfgala Dainty trailing plant with fringed eae May, 
plish WINTER- ___s(paucifdlia flowers, varying to white, on erect |Half June 
rose” 40 |GREEN, stems. Leaves purple-tinged. Wild |shade 
duller (GAY WINGS, garden. Prop. by seed and division. 
FRINGED Moist peaty soil with sphagnum. N. 
MILKWORT Amer. 
OR 
POLYGALA 
“Deep |NEPAL *Potentilla Good species. Somewhat furry cup- | 14-2 ft. ie 
rose” 26 |CINQUE- Nepalénsis shaped flowers. Foliage compound. |Sun 
FOIL P. formésa, | Border. Prop. by seed or division. 
P. coccinea | Light rich soil. Himalayas. 
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