. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. Lychnis chaicedonica. flower-stems surmounted with a corymb of bright scarlet flowers that are very showy. One of the com- mon names of this plant is the Cross of Jerusalem, from the resemblance of its scarlet petals, both in shape and colour, to the arms of a Maltese or Jerusa- lem cross. It is also known as the Flower of Bristol, or in all probability, more properly Flower of Bristow, and also Flower of Constantinople—the latter name from its growing wild near the Turkish capital, the former from its colour being " Bristol red," as in. Plea
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. Lychnis chaicedonica. flower-stems surmounted with a corymb of bright scarlet flowers that are very showy. One of the com- mon names of this plant is the Cross of Jerusalem, from the resemblance of its scarlet petals, both in shape and colour, to the arms of a Maltese or Jerusa- lem cross. It is also known as the Flower of Bristol, or in all probability, more properly Flower of Bristow, and also Flower of Constantinople—the latter name from its growing wild near the Turkish capital, the former from its colour being " Bristol red," as in. 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 Fish, David Taylor, 1824-1901; Fish, D. T. (David Taylor), 1824-1901. London ; New York : Cassell
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