. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. 36 FAMILIAR GAliDEX FLOWERS. ditions of plant-life. The plants that sting are rendered offensive by the poison glands that accompany the hairs with which their leaves are beset; these are brittle, and at a touch they part from their attachment and burst and diffuse their acrid secretions. The most terrible of all stinging plants is the devil's leaf (JJrtica urentissima), which sometimes causes death by tetanus. Amongst the plants nearest allied to the rose campion we must name the corn cockle (Agrostemma githago), a fine th
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. 36 FAMILIAR GAliDEX FLOWERS. ditions of plant-life. The plants that sting are rendered offensive by the poison glands that accompany the hairs with which their leaves are beset; these are brittle, and at a touch they part from their attachment and burst and diffuse their acrid secretions. The most terrible of all stinging plants is the devil's leaf (JJrtica urentissima), which sometimes causes death by tetanus. Amongst the plants nearest allied to the rose campion we must name the corn cockle (Agrostemma githago), a fine thing as a wilding, and occasionally seen in gardens. Better, however, than this are the scarlet lychnis of China (L. grandijiora); the shaggy lychnis [L. Haageana), the petals of which are curiously horned;. Siebold's lychnis (L. Sieboldi), with terminal heads orbeautiful white flowers; and the German catchfly {L. vitscaria). These are worth a place in the very choicest selection of hardy S N \ \ \ \ \\. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890; Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909. London : Cassell
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