. 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. Gardening. Agrostemma Cceli-rosa). — A popular garden annual, lov- ing the sun. There is a white-fld. form; also var. fim- bri^ta, Hort., with toothed petals. The species is known also as Siletie CaeU-rosa. For an account of the lead- ing garden forms, see Behder, 1897, p. 346. Var. oculfkta {L. oculdta, Backh. yis
. 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. Gardening. Agrostemma Cceli-rosa). — A popular garden annual, lov- ing the sun. There is a white-fld. form; also var. fim- bri^ta, Hort., with toothed petals. The species is known also as Siletie CaeU-rosa. For an account of the lead- ing garden forms, see Behder, 1897, p. 346. Var. oculfkta {L. oculdta, Backh. yiscdrla ocnlitta, Lindl.), is a handsome form with purple-eyed fls. 29:53. EE. Biennials and per- ennials, 8. di6ica,Linn.(i/.(?ti(raa, Sibth.). Red or Morning Campion. Coarse, hairy and usually somewhat viscid, 1- 2 £t. tall, forking above: Ivs. ovate-lanceolate or ob- long, the cauline ones broad- based or clasping: fls. nor- mally red (varying to pink and white), in loose, elon- gating or forking clusters (or at first single on the ends of th e branches), opening in the morning, not fragrant, more or less dioecious; calyx oblong, reddish, not exceed- ing >i in. ill 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- fld. forms. 9. 41ba, Mill. (L. vesper- Vina, 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 biennials. 10. Visciria, Linn. Ger- man Catchfly. Interesting hardy perennial, 6-20 in. high, glabrous, but with viscid patches beneath the ;
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