Lexicographical Neighbors of Lychnises
Literary usage of Lychnises
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ladies' Wreath by Sarah Towne Martyn, Helen Irving (1850)
"... with a flower border on each side, gay with roses, lupines, lychnises, and
other brilliant flowers. A noble orchard extended some distance back from the ..."
2. Typical Forms and Special Ends in Creation by James McCosh (1857)
"The flowers of the rose, and of many pinks, geraniums, pelargoniums, mallows,
lychnises, and dozens of others, contrast strikingly with the foliage of the ..."
3. Every Man His Own Gardener: The Complete Gardener : Being a Gardener's by John Abercrombie, Thomas Mawe (1832)
"Many principal sorts may now be planted, such at lychnises, rose campions, rockets,
catchfly, campanulas, carnations, pinks, and sweet-williams, ..."
4. The Wild Garden: Or the Naturalization and Natural Grouping of Hardy Exotic by William Robinson (1903)
"The lychnises are most fitted for association with medium-sized perennials, in
open places and in rich soil. Honeysuckle, Loni- cera. ..."
5. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"The lychnises are readily raised, not only from their seeds, but from cuttings
under hand glasses or by dividing their roots. They prefer a rich loamy soil ..."
6. Alpines and Bog-plants by Reginald John Farrer (1908)
"Lychnis has but one exception to the rule of ugliness that taints its colours.
In almost all lychnises (and pink Silenes too) there is a tang of magenta ..."
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