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. 
*Viscaria flore-pleno Three $1.50, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
Compact growing, produces 20 or more 12- to 18-inch spikes covered 
with fully double rose-red flowers; makes a brilliant show. 
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 
Br ecctely 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, Morden’s Pink Three $1.25, Doz. $5.00, 100 $30.00 
This fine Lythrum originated at the Morden Experiment Station, Mor- 
den, Manitoba, Canada. The plant grows to a height of three to four 
feet and bears dozens of spikes covered with deep Phlox-pink florets 
from June to late September. Lythrum Morden’s Pink can be grown 
anywhere; it is as hardy as a tree. It does well during the dryest weather 
but comes to perfection in a moist, sunny location where it develops into 
| oO magnificent showy clump 3 feet across or more. An excellent summer 
| flowering perennial. 
Superbum, The Beacon Three $1.75, Doz. $5.00 
Excellent for moist or wet locations in the border. An English introduc- 
tion of merit, producing 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 114 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. 
i Plant one foot apart in autumn or early spring. 


Silver Ball Three $1.50, 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. Monarda Didvma, Cambridge Scarlet (See page 52) 
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i MERTENSIA - Virginia Cowslip; Blue Bells Lythrum Superbum, The Beacon 
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. 


1 Virginica Three $1.25, Doz. $4.00, 100 $20.00 
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. : 
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 aqutumn or spring about 6 
inches apart. 




*Palustris semperflorens Three $1.50, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
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. 

Lithospermum Prostratum, Heavenly Blue [51] 

