Agrostemma

_Agrostemma (Lychnis) Coronaria_ var. _atropurpurea.

Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) 1906

In the following cases a difference of intensity of colour is, according to Kerner ( "Pflanzenleben," 11. 504), especially noticeable: -- _Agrostemma githago, Campanula

The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays John Joly 1895

If the species has a compound color and if only one of the constituents is lost, partially colored types arise as in _Agrostemma

Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891

The injection of some flowers will soften the borders - whites and creams would look wonderful against all the greenery and variegation: annuals Agrostemma 'Ocean Pearl' (a fashionable white corn cockle), a refined cow-parsley relation Orlaya grandiflora, tall white or lime tobacco plants, Nicotiana alata and biennial white foxgloves (all of which Andrew could grow for Mary in his greenhouse).

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