•- CREEPING JENNY. 
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striped. There are several varieties, one having 
scarlet flowers. 
LYCHNIS {Campion). — All the Campions grow 
freely in ordinary good garden soil, and are readily 
raised from seeds, or increased by division. L. chalce- 
donica, 2 to 3 feet high, with dense heads of glowing 
scarlet blossoms in summer is well-known. L. coronaria, 
with white woolly-looking leaves and clear magenta 
flowers, is also a favourite, but plants raised from 
seeds will not flower until the second year. The Red 
Campion or Bachelor’s Buttons {L. dioica) and its 
double variety are covered with soft hairs ; they pro- 
duce their purple-rose flowers freely from spring to 
autumn ; L. fulgens grows 6 to 12 inches high, and has 
large bright vermilion blossoms. It is supposed to be 
one of the parents of L. Haageana, a fine garden plant 
1 to 2 feet high, with scarlet, white, rose, or salmon 
blossoms, 2 inches or more across. (Plate 31, fig. 84.) 
L. Viscaria is a native plant with grass-like leaves and 
reddish purple flowers. There are several varieties of 
it, however, including a white one and rosy pink double 
one. The White Campion {L. vespertina), 1 to 3 feet 
high, produces its white faintly-scented flowers from 
May to August. There is a fine double white form. 
An annual species, L. oculata, has pinkish purple 
blossoms, but also many forms having white, scarlet, 
crimson-purple, and other shades of colour. 
LYSIMACHIA Nummularia {Creeping Jenny, Money 
Wort). — A charming creeping or trailing English plant 
with roundish leaves, and bright golden-yellow 
blossoms from June to August. It is very easily 
increased by any piece of stem on damp soil, and may 
