This, like all the shrubby species of Dianthus, is an ex- 

 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. 



