Lychnis flos-cuculi L.

A New Locality for Lychnis Floscuculi, L.
The last edition of the Manual gives the range of this plant
as New England and New York. It is but sparingly established
in New York, however. D*. Watson informs me that it was col-
lected at Old Chatham, N. Y., in 1888, by C. E. Faxon. This
is the only place in the state at which I can learn of its having been
found until last season; it was collected by my brother at Irvington
on the Hudson. The station is .at the Irving grounds, just north
of Irvington. Quite a number of specimens were found growing
in the edge of the lawn «near the entrance to the grounds. The
frequent mowing of the lawn had kept them from becoming very
numerous; .but farther north and directly west of the house, there
is a strip of waste land bordering the Irving grounds on one side
and the Hudson River Railroad on the other. Here the plant
was found growing quite abundantly. How it became established
here is uncertain. It may possibly have been cultivated on the
grounds at some former time, or its proximity to the railroad may
account for it.
However this may be, it seems to have thoroughly established
itself at this place.	• Cornelius L. Shear.
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