This, like all the shrubby species of Dianthus 



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tremely desirable plant, but it is difficult to preserve through 

 the winter in the colder parts of England, unless it is 

 treated carefully as a greenhouse plant. 



The succulent character of the leaves spoken of by the 

 Italian Botanists, disappears very much in this, as well as in 

 D. fruticosus, under cultivation. 



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