ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, ETC. IV 



LYCHNIS. 



Very effective plants in the mixed border. 



Li. Chalcedoiiica. Scarlet Lychnis. Brilliant scarlet; large truss; three 

 feet. July and August. 



L. viscaria fl. pi. Double, bright red colored flowers. Twelve to eighteen 

 inches, 



LYSIMACHIA. Loosestrife. 



L. nuinmularia. Moneywort. Creeping habit; small, yellow, bell-shaped 

 flowers in June; fine for hanging baskets and covering rock-work. 



L. thyrsiflora. Yellow flowers, smaller than those of L. vulgaris; three 

 feet. July. 



L. viilg'aris. Yellow, bell-shaped flowers; two to three feet. June. 



LYTHKUM. Loosestrife. 



L. roseum. Long, branching spikes of pink flowers; two to three feet. 

 July and August. 



L. Salicaria. Spiked Loosestrife. Reddish purple flowers; very showy; 

 two to three feet. July and August. 



MALVA. Mallow. 



M. Moreiiii. Rosy blush flowers, two and one-half inches across; leaves 

 resemble those of the Oak; two to three feet. June or July. 



M. multificla alba. White flowers; two feet. July. 



MONAKDA. Horse-mint or Balm. 



Pi-etty plants producing brig-ht red flowers. 



M. diclyma. Bee-balm or Oswego Tea. Scarlet flowers; two to three feet; 



a very showy plant in the garden. June to 

 August. 



MYOSOTIS. Forg^et-me-Not, or 

 Scorpion Grass. 



Very pretty plants, producing- star-like flowers in 

 great profusion. 



M. clissitiflora. Lovely sky-blue flowers; 

 blooms in May. The finest species of Forget- 

 me-Not. 



NEPETA. 



N. Mussini. Small azure blue flowers; 

 plant downy, and having a powerful, aromatic 

 forget-me-not. odor; one foot. June. 



