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LYCHNIS - Campion or Catchfly 
Easily grown and attractive perennials. They vary in staturesand are 
suitable for growing in sunny borders or rock gardens, bearing large 
heads of brilliantly colored flowers, that liven up the border during 
summer and early autumn. 
Culture. All are best grown in groups in good, ordinary soil, with the 
exception of Haageana, which does best in partial shade in the rock- 
ery; the rest should be grown in a sunny border, Plant the tall kinds 18 
inches apart and the dwarf ones 6 inches apart in autumn or early 
spring. Divide and replant every third year. 
Chalcedonica Three $1.25, Doz. $4.00, 100 $20.00 
Heads of vivid scarlet flowers, blooming a long time. One of the bright- 
est plants in the hardy border. 3 feet; all summer. Easily grown. 
*Viscaria flore-pleno Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
A fine double variety; fine for cutting. 
MATRICARIA - Double Mayweed; Feverfew 
Attractive, low-growing plants for the border. It has finely divided 
leaves and double flowers on stems about 11 feet in height, which make 
an effective display throughout the entire summer. 
Culture. Will grow freely in ordinary well-drained soil in a sunny border. 
Plant one foot apart in autumn or early spring. 
Silver Ball Three $1.25, Doz. $4.00, 100 $20.00 
A most useful border plant and valuable summer cut flower, with 
large, double, white flowers. June until October. 18 to 24 inches. 
MERTENSIA - Virginia Cowslip; Blue Bells 
All are of medium growth, and well suited for shady or partially shady 
borders. Mostly blue- or white-flowered. The only one we really recom- 
mend is Mertensia virginica. 
Culture. All will succeed in ordinary soil. A shady or partially shady 
position is desirable; lovely planted in open woodlands together with 
daffodils. Plant in autumn or very early spring, 6 to 8 inches apart. 
Virginica Three $1.15, Doz. $3.75, 100 $18.00 
An early spring-flowering plant, growing about 1 to 14 feet high with 
blue flowers fading to pink; one of the most interesting of our native 
spring flowers. 
MONARDA . Bee-balm; Bergamot 
The flowers are borne in close heads or whorls on stems about 2 to 3 
feet high, surrounded by colored bracts, and the leaves are more or less 
fragrant. Attractive plants for the semi-shady or sunny border, the 
wild garden, or for the city gardens. 
Culture. Grow in ordinary soil in sunny borders or in light shade. 
All may be naturalized in the wild garden. Plant in bold groups in 
autumn or spring, 10 inches apart. Divide and replant every third year. 
Didyma alba Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
The white Monarda is similar in habit of growth to Cambridge Scarlet. 
Excellent in light shade or full sun. 
Didyma, Cambridge Scarlet Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
Brilliant crimson-scarlet flowers are produced freely from June until 
August. A good plant for wild garden as well as border or garden in 
the city where other flowers don’t grow well. 
Didyma, Salmon Queen Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
Most attractive salmon-pink flowers of fine clear color; foliage is de- 
lightfully fragrant, and can be smelled about the garden. 
MYOSOTIS - Forget-me-not 
Their dainty blue or pink flowers are produced freely and are always 
pleasing to the eye, whether massed in beds or on the margins of borders 
or ponds. 
Culture. Most at home in damp positions, as the margins of water, but 
will thrive in moist, shady borders. Plant in autumn or spring about 6 
inches apart. 
*Palustris semperflorens Three $1.25, Doz. $4.00, 100 $20.00 
Large, rich blue flowers with yellow eye; a charming plant for damp 
places and a more profuse bloomer than the alpestris, which also is in- 
clined to be biennial in habit. 
Nierembergia Rivularis 

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Monarda Didyma, Cambridge Scarlet 
NIEREMBERGIA - Trailing Cup-flower 
A dwarf, creeping plant with spoon-shaped leaves, and creamy white, 
bell-shaped flowers. An interesting plant to grow in a moist, shady 
border. Does very well in full sun. 
Culture. Grow in sandy loam freely mixed with well-decayed manure, 
in a moist spot, and plant in spring only, 6 to 8 inches apart. Give 
plenty of water in dry weather. Protect lightly over winter. 
*Rivularis Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
Charming dwarf creeping Alpine plant, bearing large, creamy white, 
cup-shaped flowers from June till September; most desirable plants for 
the rockery. 
Myosotis Palustris Semperflorens 

