THE 

 PINK CAMPION. 



Lychnis diurna. Nat. Ord. Caryo- 

 phyllacece. 



have already illustrated the 

 white campion, the ragged 

 robin, and the bladder cam- 

 pion, and the present species 

 is equally common and 

 equally attractive. There 

 are fourteen different kinds 

 of campion, divided between 

 the two closely-allied genera, 

 Silene and Lychnis, most of 

 them being comparatively 

 common, though some are 

 very local or have their 

 home amongst the moun- 

 tains. On turning to Cul- 

 peper's "Herbal/' we find 

 that he definitely describes 



only the white campion and the present species, but 

 winds up by saying, " there are forty-five kinds of campion 

 more." Several species are found in gardens, but as his 

 book does not deal with cultivated plants, we can only con- 

 clude that our author has been found tripping ; perhaps it is 

 a lapsus pennee for "four or five kinds of campion more." 

 The pink campion is a perennial, and throws up each year 



