. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 9o(J LYCHNIS LYCILM Agrostenntia C(eU-rosa).~A popular gardeuannual, lov- ing the san. There is a white-fld. form; also var. fim- bri^ta, Hort., with toothed petals. The species is known also as Silene Cceli-rosa. For
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 9o(J LYCHNIS LYCILM Agrostenntia C(eU-rosa).~A popular gardeuannual, lov- ing the san. There is a white-fld. form; also var. fim- bri^ta, Hort., with toothed petals. The species is known also as Silene Cceli-rosa. For an account of the lead- ing garden forms, see Behder, 1897, p. 3-16. Var. oculslta (L. ociilota, Cnt /t-i^'^^^^ Backh. I'iscAria ociiliiUi. C^~I^-\l\J,/Ji?^^^^'^ Liodl. I, is a handsome form with purple-eyed fls. 29:53. 4075. EE. Biennials and per- ennials. 8. didica,Linn.(i.(?i»'j-Hn, SlbtU.). Red or Morning Campion. Coarse, hairy and usually somewhat viscid, 1- 2 ft. tall, forking above: Ivs. ovate-lanceolate or ob- long, the caulineones broad- based or clasping: fls. nor- mally red (varying to pink and white), in loose, elon- gating or forking clusters (or at firstsingleon the ends of the branches), opening in Hie morning, not fragrant, more or less dioecious; calyx oliloug, reddish, not exceed- ing >2 in. in length: fr. or capsule large and globose, wide - mouthed, the teeth recurved. Eu. and Asia.— Frequent in old gardens, and also run wild in waste grounds in the eastern states. There are double- rtd. forms. 9. Alba, Mill. (i. vesper- t'lna, Sibth.). White or Evening Campion. Very like the last, and perhaps not specifically distinct, but more viscid : Ivs. longer : fls. usually white and fra- grant and opening at even- ing; calyx longer and green: capsule ovate to conical, with teeth erect or spread- ing, not recurved. May, June. Eu. —In old gardens and also escaped. There is a double-fld. form. This and the last are easily grown perennials or bi
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