94 ALPINES AND BOG-PLANTS 
CHAPTER V 
Between Dianthus and Epilobium 
Or the smaller Pinks frigidus and Lereschei are said to 
be lovely. But then it is a catalogue that says so. How- 
ever, I hope they may be. So far, they are doing fairly 
well in the moraine. Microlepis I got with great excite- 
ment, from Servia, but it appears to be a minute and 
not extremely fascinating variety near glacialis, which 
attempted to prove kinship with that peevish plant by 
expiring as soon as it could. Dianthus Sternbergi appears 
to be promising, but I am a little tepid about it, since I 
discovered that it stands between monspessulanus and 
superbus. Now all my warmest affection is reserved for 
the dwarf, cushiony Pinks. Dianthus integer seems to be 
very uncertain. Many false forms are certainly doing 
duty for it. I believe I have at last got the genuine 
plant from Ljubotren, and it looks cosy and distinct in 
growth, so that I look forward to its flower. Dianthus 
dentosus from South Russia I have never succeeded in 
getting. Mr. Robinson’s description fired me. A Cushion- 
Pink with violet-lilac flowers might be so extremely pretty 
(it might, on the other hand, be horribly ugly); however, 
as I seem unable to obtain the plant, such speculations 
are profitless. Dianthus squarrosus and Dianthus sub- 
acaulis are two small people I once had, but they have, I 
think, vanished, without leaving any aching void in my 
heart. Where, exactly, Dianthus petraeus comes, I can- 
