ii6 CARNATIONS AND PINKS 



D. b. viagnificuSf which is proverbially difficult to 

 keep. It is most contented perhaps in loamy soil, and 

 when it does succeed few flowers are more enjoyable. 

 It is not more than six inches high, and the colour is 

 a deep velvety crimson, each flower a little rosette of 

 much charm. 



D, Seguieri. — A branching but erect plant, generally 

 found on grassy hills and in the mountain thickets of 

 South and Eastern Europe ; height twelve inches to 

 two feet. The rosy-purple flowers appear on short 

 peduncles. They are sometimes found in summer in 

 loose clusters, and sometimes solitary. 



C. — D. alpinus. — This is the Alpine Pink, a little jewel 

 in June for the rock-garden, the plant being a tuft of 

 blunt-pointed shining green leaves, and at once dis- 

 tinguished by this character from other species. It 

 is very dwarf in poor soil, the flowers large, deep 

 rose in colour spotted with crimson, and on short 

 peduncles, but where the soil is richer the growth is 

 taller, and more than one flower is produced on a 

 stem. An open spot suits the Alpine Pink, but the 

 soil must be gritty and with a proportion of lime 

 rubble added to it. It may be increased by cuttings, 

 but comes quite true from seed. The plant is found 

 high up on the alps of Austria and Central Europe 

 on calcareous rocks ; it was introduced in 1759. 



D. brevicaulis. — A little Pink of compact growth, 

 woody at the base, and with very short branches. 

 The wealth of pink flowers is borne on short stems, 

 and not a leaf is visible; at this time it is only about 

 two inches high, and should be planted in crevices 



