396 CARYOPHYLLEZ. 
* Hogg says that those which are removed or transplanted in 
the spring never do well, nor shew half the beauty which those 
do that were planted in August or September ; the laced pinks 
in particular appear almost plain, and without their distinguish- 
ing character. Pinks should never be suffered to remain more 
than 2 years without either change of soil or situation. 
Emmerton (Treatise on Auricula, p. 191.) says, your pink- 
beds should be top dressed in the spring if you have a desire 
to excel in blooms, with some old night-soil or sugar-bakers’ 
scum, finely sifted and sown over them. Your strong blowing 
plants should not be allowed to bloom more than 8 or 10 blos- 
soms, and those that are weaker, of a less size, not more than 4. 
Common Garden or Feathered Pink, Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 
1629. Pl. $ to 1 foot. 
116 D. saxa’ti1ts (Pers. ench. 1. p. 494.) tufted, somewhat 
decumbent ; stem 2-3-flowered ; calycine scales ovate, distinct, 
with longish points, shorter than the tube; petals multifid. 
4Y. H. Native of France on rocks near Clermont. Leaves 
not glaucous. Corolla not pubescent in the throat, white. 
Stone Pink. FI. June, July. Clt. 1816. Pl. 4 foot. 
117 D. puncra‘tus (Spreng. neue. entd. 2. p. 169.) stem 
erect, branched, few-flowered ; calycine scales 4, bluntish, very 
short, pressed to the calyx; petals bearded, multifid, spotted ; 
leaves glaucous, linear, flaccid. %. H. Native? Flowers 
pale lilac or white, spotted. Lodd, bot. cab. 896. 
Spotted-petalled Pink. FI. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1823. Pl. 3 foot. 
118 D. prosrra‘tus (Jacq. hort. schoenb. 3. p. 11. t. 271.) 
stems shrubby, prostrate at the base, but erect at the apex; 
flowers in lax panicles ; calycine scales 4, lanceolate, acute, 3 
times shorter than the elongated calyx ; petals fringed, glabrous; 
leaves linear, very entire. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Allied to D. fimbridtus or supérbus. Flowers pale-red. 
Prostrate Pink. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. Pl. prostrate. 
119 D. rieria'tus (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 332. suppl. p. 302.) 
stem suffruticose at the base, branched ; flowers solitary; caly- 
cine scales 6, lanceolate, shorter than the calyx; petals oblong, 
multifidly toothed, beardless; leaves awl-shaped, scabrous. 
h.H. Native of Iberia on rocks about Tiflis. D. orientalis, 
Sims, bot. mag. t. 1069. D. contértus, Smith in Rees’ cyclop. 
vol. xi. Flowers like those of D. plumdarius, but smaller, rose- 
coloured, rarely white. 
Fringed-petalled Pink. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1815. Pl. 1 ft. 
120 D. prumo'sus (Spreng. pugill. 2. p. 64.) flowers few, 
solitary ; calycine scales lanceolate-linear, erect, a little shorter 
than the tube; petals bearded, deeply multifid ; leaves linear, 
nerved, flaccid. Y. H. Native of mount Baldo. Flowers 
red and sometimes white. 
jcathery-peralled Pink. Fl. July, Septemb. Clt.? Pl. 4 to 
1 foot. 
121 D. Monspessura'nus (Lin. amoen. 4. p. 313. spec. p- 
588.) stem panicled, few-flowered; flowers solitary ; calycine 
scales awl-shaped, straight, one-half shorter than the tube ; 
petals digitately multifid, smooth in the throat; leaves linear, 
serrulated. 2%. H. Native of the Pyrenees and Jura. D. 
Monspeliacus, D. C. fl. fr. no. 4324. D. Sternbérgii, Schleich. 
Flowers red ? 
Var. B, brevifolius (Ser. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 365.) 
leaves and stems short. 4. H. Native of the Pyrenees near 
St. Jean de Luz. 
Montpelier Pink. FI. July, Aug. Clt. 1764. Pl. 4to 1 ft. 
122 D. sure’rsus (Lin. amæn. 4. p. 272. spec. 589.) stem 
smooth, panicled, many-flowered ; flowers somewhat fastigiate ; 
calycine scales short, ovate, mucronate ; petals divided beyond 
the middle, feathery, bearded at the base. Y%.H. Native of 
mountainous groves and shady meadows in many parts of 
Europe. Delaun. herb. amat. t. 21. Sims, bot. mag. t. 297, 
Ill. 
Diantuus. IV. Saronaria. 
Caryophyllus sylvéstris vi. Clus. hist. 1. p. 284. Flowers rose- 
coloured, very fragrant, particularly at night. 
Var. B, rubicindus (Ser. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 365.) 
petals purple. 
Superb Pink. Fl. July, Sep. Clt. 1596. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 
123 D. FıscueE RI (Spreng. cat. sem. hort. hall. 1810. pl. 
min. cogn. 2. p. 62.) stem panicled, many-flowered ; flowers 
somewhat aggregate; calycine scales ovate, pointed, erect, one- 
half shorter than the tube; petals multifid, almost beardless ; 
leaves lanceolate, serrulated. 2%. H. Native near Moscow. 
Sweet, fl. gard. 245. Petals rose-coloured. 
Fischer's Pink. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. 1 foot. 
124 D. Lisano'ris (Labill. pl. syr. 1. p. 14. t. 5.) stem erect; 
flowers rather aggregate; calycine scales 6, acuminated, divari- 
cating, shorter than the tube; petals multifid, bearded; leaves 
lanceolate. 2%.H. Native of Mount Lebanon. Flowers rose- 
coloured. 
Rosemary Pink. Fl. June, Aug. PI. 1 foot. 
+ A species belonging to section Armendstrum and should fol- 
low D. capitatus. No. 20. p. 385. 
125 D. Po'nricus (Wahl. in Isis. 1828. vol. 21. cah. 10. p- 
972.) flowers in fasciculate heads ; involucre oblong, membranous, 
smooth, acuminate, length of calyx and bracteas i petals crenate, 
quite smooth; leaves sheathing. ¥%.H. Native of the East 
on hills behind Sarijari. This plant is like D. Carthusianorum 
and D. capitatus.- 
Pontic Pink. PI. 1 to 14 foot. ; 
Cult. Most of the species of this genus are highly valued, 
not only for the beauty of their flowers, but as being evergreens; 
their foliage in winter being as abundant and vivid as in summer 
The fragrance of some of the species is peculiarly gratefur 
Many of them are well adapted for ornamenting rock-work or the 
front of flower borders, but the rarer kinds should be grown In 
pots, that they may be protected by a frame during winter. They 
may be increased by seeds or by cuttings (the latter mode is pres 
ferable), which should be planted under a hand-glass. A lig 
loamy soil, mixed with a little rotten dung, or decayed leaves 
and sand, suits them best. For the manner of making cuttings 
and time at which they should be planted, see D. caryophy a 
and D. plumàrius. The annual and biennial species only requi 
to be sown in the open border. 
IV. SAPONA'RIA (from sapo, soap; so called because the 
bruised leaves are said to produce a lather like soap when agi 
tated in water). Lin. gen. no. 769. D. C. prod. 1. p. 36 “hed 
Lin. syst. Decdndria, Digynia. Calyx tubular, toot d 
naked at the base. Petals unguiculate ; claws equal in leng 
the calyx. Stamens 10. Styles 2. Capsules 1-celled. 
Secr. I. Vacca‘rra (from vaccarius, a cow-herb ; this plant lt 
said to be sought after by cowlerds, because 1t was be a vod. 
excite the lacteal secretionin cows). Dod. pempt. 104. D. et . 
1. p. 365. Flowers panicled. Calyx inflated, angular, Sil 
This section does not appear to differ materially from Cups K xes 
1 S. vacca ria (Lin. spec. 585.) flowers panicled ; tei 
pyramidal, smooth, 5-angled ; bracteas membranaceous, om it 
leaves ovate-lanceolate, sessile. ©. H. Native ane vitzer- 
many parts of Europe, particularly France, Germany, ub. hist- 
land and the Levant. Sims, bot. mag. 2290.—J. aa 511, 
3. p. 357. f. 2. (bad). Lychnis vaccaria, Scop. fl. cam, n . 
Gypsóphila vaccària, Smith, fl. græc. 380. Flowers a. O. H. 
Var. B, grandiflora (Fisch. in litt.) petals broad. 
Native of Iberia. Petals naked, crenate, ema 1to2 ft 
Con-herb Soapwort. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1596; id enum.: 
2 S. PERFoLIA Ta (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 34. : 
