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. 



