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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. 
Crematis (C. Jackmanni, var. Ville de Lyon). 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. 
Corat BELLs (Heuchera sanguinea). 1 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 HoNnrysuckLe (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. 
GEvmM, see Avens. 
HEpDYSARUM, see French Honeysuckle. 
HEUCHERA, see Coral Bells. 
Hottyvwock (Althea rosea). 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. coccinea). 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. 
LoosEstrire. Spiked (Lythrum salicaria, var. roseum superbum) ; 
(L. roseum superbum). 2{t. A vigorous plant sending up several leafy 
stalks, bearing purplish-red or pink flowers crowded in their axils, ending 
in a wand-like spike 6 in. long. It is of such a peculiar color that it does 
