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lychnis (Campion). 
All of the Lychnis are of the easiest culture, and this, in addition to their brightness, has 
brought them into high favor with lovers of hardy plants. Perhaps no class of plants has mure 
common or popular names than the various varieties of Lychnis, of which the following is but 
a partial list: Campion, Devil’s Flower, Gardener’s Delight, Gardener’s Eye, Jerusalem Cross, 
Lamp Flower, Maltese Cross, None Such, Ragged Robin, etc. L. Chalcedonica is also called 
London Pride in some of the Eastern States; this name, however, belongs to Snxifraga 
Umbrosa. 
Chalcedonica. A most desirable plant, heads of brilliant orange-scarlet, grows 2 to 3 feet 
high and blooms all summer. (See cut.) 
Chalcedonica, FI. FI. A double - flowering form, producing immense 
heads of veimihon-scariet flowers, far exceeding in brilliancy the brightest 
Geraniums; 2 to 3 feet high, flowering from July to September. A gem 
for cutting, and one of the showiest border plants. 25 cts. each; $2.50 
per doz. 
— Alba. White-flowered form. | — Carnea. A pale pink variety. 
Dlolca Rosea. Produces masses of rose-colored flowers; May and June; 
15 inches. 
Haageana. Brilliant orange-scarlet flowers in May and June; 12 inches. 
Semperflorens Flenlssima. This pretty variety flowers throughout the 
entire summer. The flower is of a beautiful, tender rose color, and is 
produced in busby spikes 12 inches long. 
Vespertina, Double White. Large, double white flowers, produced in 
the greatest profusion the entire summer; 18 inches high. 25 cents each; 
$2.50 per doz. 
Viscarla, Double Red. Forms a dense tuft of evergreen foliage, and in 
lune sends up spikes of handsome, double, deep-red, fragrant flowers, re¬ 
maining in perfection for six weeks. 
Monarda Didvma Spi.rndbns. Grandiflora alba. Very attractive,large,single white flowers in June and July. 
MENTHA (Mint). 
Piperita ( Common Pepper m int). 
Rotundifolla variegata. Foliage dark green, with creamy- 
white variegation. 
Splcata, or Virides [Spearmint). 
10 cts. each; $100 per doz.; $6.00 per 100. 
MEItTENSIA (Blue Bells). 
Virginica. An early spring-flowering plant, growing about 1 
to 1} feet high, with drooping panicles of handsome white- 
blue flowers, fading to clear pink; one of the most inter¬ 
esting of our native spring flowers; May and June. 
310AR.13A (Bergamot). 
Showy plants, growing from 2 to 3 feet high,with aromatic foliage, and producing 
their flowers during July and August. 
Didyma [Oswego Tea). Flowers bright scarlet, produced in spikes. 
— Cambridge Scarlet. Brilliant crimson scarlet. 
— Rosea (Bee Bilm). A pretty rose-colored form. 
— Splendens. Intense rich crimson-scarlet. (See cut.) 
Fistulosa Alba [Wild Bergamot). A showy white flowered variety. 
NIEREMBERGIA (Cup-flower). 
Rlvularis. A charming dwarf creeping Alpine plant, bearing large, creamy-white, 
cup-shaped flowers from June till September; one of the most desirable plants for 
the rockery, and succeeds equally well in the border. 
(ENOTHERA (Evening Primrose), 
Mlssourlensis. Large golden-yellow ; 1 foot. 
PACHYSANDRA. 
Terminalls. A trailing plant, 6 to 8 inches high, forming broad mats of bright, 
glossy green foliage and small spikes of flowers during May and June; mainly 
valuable on account of its foliage. 
— Variegata. A variegated-leaved form of the above. 
PARDANTHUS (Blackberry Elly). 
Sinensis. Lily-like flowers of bright orange during July and August, on 2J feet 
high stems, followed in September with seeds which resemble blackberries. 10 
cts. each ; $1 00 per doz ; $7.00 per 100. 
PETASITES. 
Fragrans ( Winter Heliotrope). Grows about 1 foot high, and produces, frequently 
as early as the middle of March, numerous spikes of strongly heliotrope-scented 
flowers. An excellent plant for low, moist ground. 
POTENTIIJ A (Clnquifoil). 
Charming plants for the border, with brilliant flowers that are produced from 
June to August in profusion ; they grow about 18 inches high, and will succeed in 
any garden soil; double-flowering except where noted. 
Formosa. Single, rosy-red. ] Phoenix. Scarlet, marked yellow. 
Hamlet. Dark rich-crimson. Sanguinea. Single, orange-red, marked 
MacNabiana. Rich crimson. 
Perfecta. Vermilion, lemon centre. 
vellow. 
Wm. RolHson. 
Bright vermilion. 
Lychnis Chalcrdonica. 
All Hardy Perennial Plants (except where noted) at the uniform pi ice of 15 cts. each; SI.50 per (loz 
