LYCHNIS - Campion or Catchfly 
Easily grown and attractive perennials. They vary in stature and 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. 
LYTHRUM - Purple Loosestrife 
Suitable showy plants for moist, shady borders and the waterside. There 
is only one really worth growing, and that is Superbum. The plants are 
or assy growth, and bear their rosy or purplish flowers in tall leafy 
spikes, 
Culture. Grow in ordinary soil in moist, shady borders, or in groups by 
the waterside. Plant in autumn or early spring and divide and replant 
every third year. 
Superbum, Prolific Each 60c, Three $1.50, Doz. $5.00 
This new variety is by far the best of the Lythrums, both as to 
color as well as freedom of bloom. An established plant will produce 
20 or more upright flower spikes about 30 inches tall, The flowers 
are best described as Persian rose; clearer in color than the other 
varieties. They are excellent for cutting. The plant thrives 
in wet soil and is ideal for those locations in the flower border 
where it is difficult to grow plants because of bad drainage and 
being too wet. 

Superbum, The Beacon Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75 
Excellent for moist or wet locations in the border. An English introduc- 
tion of merit, produce 12 or more 3-foot upright spikes of clear rosy 
red which last a,month or more, and are also good for cutting. 
MATRICARIA - Double Mayweed; Feverfew 
Attractive, low-growing plants for the border. It has finely divided 
leaves and double flowers on stems about 1% feet in height, which make 
an effective display throughout the entire summer. s 
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 $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
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 Monarda Didyma, Cambridge Scarlet 
borders. Mostly blue- or white-flowered. The only one we really recom- 
mend is Mertensia virginica. : é 
Culture. All will succeed in ordinary soil. A shady or partially shady Lythrum Superbum, The Beacon 
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 114 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. 


Lithospermum Prostratum, Heavenly Blue [49 } 

eS < 
1 Cas 

