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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



September, 1911 



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The Cuckoo Flower 



FOR years, half of a city block in Hartford 

 _ was occupied at one end by an old mansion 

 and its grounds, while the other was given over to 

 a little meadow that was nearly all dell. Often 

 a cow grazed in this urban meadow, and always 

 in the spring and early summer the passer-by 

 gazed through the pickets of the high fence; for 

 this was a true "flowery mead". Thick among 

 the buttercups and daisies was a little pink flower 

 that all admired, but few, if any, could name. 



One day as I was gazing through the pickets 

 the lady with me said: "Why don't you climb 

 over the fence and get some of it?" I did so, 

 securing a few small plants with the aid of my 

 penknife. These I planted in one of my hardy 

 borders, and early the following summer the little 

 patch of dark green foliage tufts was crowned with 

 a billowy mass of ragged pink blossoms. I am 

 glad now that I not only stole this cuckoo flower 

 (Lychnis Flos-cuculi) but stole it in time; for she 

 who so long preserved this little meadow soon 



A wild flower certainly worth growing in the hardy 

 border — the cuckoo flower 



passed away, the dell has been leveled, and where 

 once were myriads of waving pink blossoms are 

 houses and more houses. 



Lately I have learned how this cuckoo flower 

 came to be a stranger in a strange land. The 

 father of the recent owner planted English grass 

 seed on the place. Some seed of the wilding hap- 

 pened to be mixed with it and, taking kindly to 

 the surroundings, gradually made its way over 

 the great stretch of grass. 



So far as I am aware, the cuckoo flower is quite 

 unobjectionable and I should say that it would 

 be very valuable for naturalizing on a large estate 

 — in any place where the grass is cut with a scythe 

 or mowing machine. So far as the hardy border 

 is concerned, it is worth a place there — even be- 

 side its glorious double relative (Lychnis Viscaria, 

 var. splendens). It is a perennial and is easily 

 kept within bounds if not allowed to go to seed. 



Connecticut. B. G. 



