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* SILÉNE chlorefólia. 
Armenian Catchfiy- 
— m 
DECANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. SILENACEZ. 
SILENE. Suprà, vol. 3. fol. 247. 
bed BRE SER 
S. chlorefolia ; glaberrima glutinosa glauca, caulibus ramosis, foliis subrotuhdis 
acuminatis superioribus subcordatis, floribus solitariis axillaribus terminali- 
busque, calycibus clavatis estriatis, petalis coriaceis rotundatis bilobis dorso 
discoloribus, appendicibus bilobis carnosis acutis. 
S. chlorefolia. Smith ic.ined.l.t. 13. Bot. mag. t. 807. De Cand.prodr. 
1. 1381. 
There is not a hardy plant in our gardens that is less 
treated according to its merits than this Silene chlorzefolia. 
It is one of the neatest of all herbaceous plants in its broad, 
trim, firm, well-coloured leaves, and its compact manner of 
growth ; the flowers are of the purest and brightest white, 
and are deliciously fragrant ; it is quite hardy, if not exposed 
to a wet soil in winter, is easily increased both by seeds and 
cuttings, and thrives equally whether grown as a rock plant 
or in the common flower border. Yet we hardly ever see 
it in the gardens. It has every good quality that a garden 
flower should have, and so far as I know, not a single defect, 
and nevertheless.it is scarcely thought of or heard of. May 
I hope that this notice will gain for it that attention whic 
It so eminently deserves. 
When grown upon rock-work, its flowers are voee 
e ac- 
half the size they acquire in a deep rich light soil ; 
companying figure was taken from a plant in the former 
Situation in the garden of the Society of Apothecaries at 
helsea. 
It was found in Armeni by Tournefort, and was intro- 
duced so long since as 1796, by Mr. Hunneman. 
* See folio 1444. 
