LYCHNIS 



(From the Greek luchnos, a lamp, because of the hnlliant flowers) 

 Caryophyllacf<r 



53. Lychnis chalcedonica 



English Names: Jerusalem- or Knight's-cross, Maltese- or Scarlet-cross, 

 Maltese sage, Scarlet lychnis, Scarlet lightning, Campion of Constantinople, 

 Cross of Jerusalem, Fire balls, None-such, Mock sweet William. 



RUSSIA OR JAPAN 



JUNE TO MID-Ji:i.Y 



CROSS-SHAPED flowers of brilliant scarlet in close terminal clusters 

 borne on unbranching, rather stalky, hairy stems two to three feet 

 high. Leaves small, pointed, sometimes quite narrow, hairy, and incon- 

 spicuous. Good in the 

 herbaceous border on ac- 

 count of the vivid color 

 of its flowers, but should 

 always be placed where 

 the foliage of other flowers 

 will conceal the bareness 

 of its stems. 



A perfectly hardy 

 perennial of easiest cul- 

 ture in any good garden 

 soil, in sun or shade. 



Propagate by seed or 

 by division. 



Var. fiore pleno, a 

 double-flowered form, as 

 good as the type. 



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