It may be increased either by seeds sown in the spring, 
or by pipings in autumn; but, like Dianthus Libanotis, it 
suffers very much, and is often entirely destroyed, if not 
protected from the wet in autumn and winter by a hand- 
glass. 
It is a native of Calabria, the Abruzzi, and other parts of - 
the kingdom of Naples; and also it is said of the Apennines. 
