Agrostemma Coronaria. Rose Cockle, 
or Campion. 
Clafs and Order. 
Decandria Pentagynia. 
Generic Character. 
Calyx l-phyllus, coriaceus. Petala 5 unguiculata : limbo 
obtufo, indivifo. Cap/, l-locularis. 
Specific Characler and Synonyms. i 
AGROSTEMMA coronaria tomentofa, foliis ovato-lanceo- 
latis, petalis emarginatis coronatis ferratis. | 
Linn. Syfi. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 435 * * ** 
Sp. PL p. 
LYCHNIS coronaria diofcoridis fativa. Bauh. Pin. 203. 
The fingle red Rofe Campion. Parkin/on Parad. p. 252. 
Grows fpontaneoufly in Italy and Siberia; Linn .bus informs 
us, that the bloflom is naturally white, with red in the middle. 
tr The fingle Rofe Campion has been long an inhabitant 01 
“ the Englifh gardens, where, by its feeds having fcattered, 
<( it is become a kind of weed. There are three varieties 01 
* c this plant, one with deep red, another with flefli-coloured, 
“ and a third with white flowers, but thefe are of fmall efteem, 
“ f®r the double Rofe Campion being a finer flower, has turned 
<e the others out of mod fine gardens. The fingle forts p r0 ‘ 
“ pagate fall enough by the feeds, the fort with double flowers 
“ never produces any, fo is only propagated by parting of tbe 
" roots; thebeft time for this is in autumn, after their flowers 
" are pall; in doing of this, every head which can be flipped oft 
“ with roots (hould be parted ; thefe fhould be planted in a 
“ border of frefh undunged earth, at the diftance of fix inches* 
<f obferving to water them gently until they have taken root, 
<c after which they will require no more, for much wet is i n J u ‘ 
" rious to them, as is alfo dung. After the heads are well 
<f rooted, they {hould be planted into the borders of \ c 
* l Flower-Garden, where they will be very ornamental during 
** the times of their flowering, which is in July and Aug^d* 
Miller's Gard. Dift. ed. 6. 4 to. 
Miller, by miltake, calls this plant Oeliroja. 
