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Agrostemma coronaria
Agrostemma coronaria. Rose Cockle, or Campion
Class and Order
Decandria Pentagynia
Generic Character
Calyx 1-phyllus, coriaceus. Petala 5 unguiculata: limbo obtuso,
indiviso.
Caps. 1-locularis
Specific Character and Synonyms
AGROSTEMMA coronaria tomentosa, foliis ovato-lanceolatis, petalis
emarginatis coronatis serratis. Lin. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr.
p. 435. Sp. Pl. p.
LYCHNIS coronaria dioscoridis sativa. Bauh. Pin. 203. The single red
Rose Campion. Parkins. Parad. p. 252.
Grows spontaneously in Italy and Siberia; Linnæus informs us that
the blossom is naturally white, with red in the middle.
"The single Rose Campion has been long an inhabitant of the English
gardens, where, by its seeds having scattered, it is become a kind
of weed. There are three varieties of this plant, one with deep red,
another with flesh-colored, and a third with white flowers, but
these are of small esteem, for the double Rose Campion being a finer
flower, has turned the others out of most fine gardens. The single
sorts propagate fast enough by the seeds, the sort with double
flowers never produces any, so is only propagated by parting of the
roots; the best time for this is in autumn, after their flowers are
past; in doing of this, every head which can be slipped off with
roots should be parted; these should be planted in a border of fresh
undunged earth, at the distance of six inches, observing to water
them gently until they have taken root, after which they will
require no more, for much wet is injurious to them, as is also dung.
After the heads are well rooted, they should be planted into the
borders of the Flower-Garden, where they will be very ornamental
during the times of their flowering, which is in July and August."
Miller's Gard. Dict. ed. 6. 4to.
Miller, by mistake, calls this plant Cælirosa.
The Botanical Magazine or Flower-Garden
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