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Some of the species of Lychnis are amongst the best known of old-fashioned flowers, as the mullein pink, Maltese cross and ragged robin. These are essentially flower-garden subjects, and of simple cultural requirements. Others, as L. alpina, are better known as border or rockwork plants (see also Petrocoptis). All species are easily grown from seeds, the biennials and perennials blooming the second year. The perennials are often propagated by division. All of them apparently thrive in the sun.
Some of the species of Lychnis are amongst the best known of old-fashioned flowers, as the mullein pink, Maltese cross and ragged robin. These are essentially flower-garden subjects, and of simple cultural requirements. Others, as L. alpina, are better known as border or rockwork plants (see also Petrocoptis). All species are easily grown from seeds, the biennials and perennials blooming the second year. The perennials are often propagated by division. All of them apparently thrive in the sun.
L. Arkwrightii, Hort. Garden hybrid between L. chalcedonica and L. Haageana. Shades of scarlet.—L. Lagascae, Hook. f.-Petrocoptis.—L. pyrenaica, Berger - Petrocoptis. —L. Sartori, Hort. Said somewhat to resemble L. dioica but has narrower and more lanceolate lvs. and the calyx is more elongated, the fls being similar color of purple and ½ in. across: about 9-12 in. high. China (?).—L. sibirica. Linn. Perennial, from Siberia, apparently not in commerce: cespitose: lvs. linear, somewhat hairy: fls. long-peduncled; calyx campanulutc-globose, the lobes very short and obtuse; petals 2-lobed.—L. striata, Hort., offered abroad, "deep scarlet with distinct white stripes," is probably not L. striata, Rydb., of W. U. S.; the latter is a perennial with exserted white or purplish 2-cleft petals and strongly 10-nerved calyx, growing at an altitude of 6,000-10,000 ft. in Colo., Wyo., Utah.
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