The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening

Every genus a Victorian gardener could grow — Abelia to Zygopetalum across four volumes, with each plant's history, species, and culture, by the Curator of Kew.

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Lychnis

The following are British plants: L. alpina, L. diurna, L. Flos-cuculi, L. Githago (correct name Githago segetum, Corn Cockle), L. vespertina, and L. viscaria. To the species and varieties described on pp. 305-6, Vol. II., the following should now be added:

L. fulgens Haageana grandiflora (large-flowered). fl. of a greater variety of colours, and larger than in the type. 1888.

L. hybrida (hybrid). fl. variable in colour, usually crimson or scarlet, disposed in close, symmetrical heads. h. 2 1/2ft. to 3ft. A hybrid between L. coronaria and L. flos-Jovis.

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