104 ELLWANGER & BARRY'S CATALOGUE. 



LYCHNIS. 



Very effective plants in the mixed border. 

 L. Ckalcedonica. Brilliant scarlet; large truss. July and August. 

 L. viscaria fl. pi. Double, bright red colored flowers. 12 to 18 inches. 



LYSIMACHIA. Loosestrife. 

 L. longifolia. 



L. nummularia. Moneywort. Creeping habit ; small, yellow, bell shaped 

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



L. tlryrsiflora. Yellow flowers, smaller than those of L. vulgaris ; 3 feet. 

 July. 



L. vulgaris. Yellow, bell-shaped flowers ; 2 to 3 feet, June. 



LYTHRUM. Loosestrife. 



L. roseum. Long, branching "spikes of pink flowers ; 2 to 3 feet. July and 



August. 



L. Salicaria. Spiked Loosestrife. Eosy scarlet ; very showy ; 2 to 3 feet. 

 July and August. 



MALTA. Mallow. 



M. Moreilii. Eosy blush flowers, 21- inches across ; leaves resemble those of the 

 Oak ; 2 to 3 feet. June or July. 



M. mult ifida alba. White flowers; 2 feet. July. 



MARRUBIUM. Hoi-ehoirad. 



M. vulgar e. Small white flowers in late summer. 



MENTHA. Mint, 

 M. latimaeulata. Foliage broadly blotched with yellow. 



MONARDA. Horse-mint or Balm. 



Pretty plants producing bright red flowers. 

 M. didyma. Scarlet flowers ; 2 to 3 feet. June to August. 



M. purpurea. Purple flowers. 



MYOSOTI8. Forget-me-Not, or 

 Scorpion Grass. 



Very pretty plants, producing star-like 

 flowers in great profusion. 



-y-'^ ■'■'■'. : : ^ M. dissitiflora Lovely sky-blue flow- 



^fcrF'^r _ . >"5fy^ ers; blooms in May. The finest species of For- 



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NEPETA. 



""' N. MllSSini. Small azure blue flowers; 



plant downy, and having a powerful, aromatic 

 forget-me-not. odor ; 1 foot. June. 



NIEREMBJERGIA. 



N. rivularis. A valuable perennial with creeping stems, and large, bell-shaped 

 creamy white flowers, which are produced in great profusion in June ; 3 inches. 



