120 CARNATIONS AND PINKS 



the spring sown are even in bud. The most beauti- 

 ful of the Heddewigii form is Diadematus fl. pi., but 

 there are many selections in the lists of the leading 

 nurserymen. 



D. ciliatus. — This is a shrubby Pink from Italy, tufted 

 in growth, and with white almost beardless flowers. 



D. deltoides. — A charming little flower, better 

 known as the '' Maiden Pink," and a native of the 

 British Isles in dry and gravelly pastures. The 

 wilding is of straggling growth, with short blunt- 

 pointed leaves on the barren stems and longer and 

 narrower ones on those which bear the flowers. I 

 think none of the wild Pinks grow with greater 

 vigour than this ; it seems happy everywhere, on dry 

 wall or in rock garden, and may be grown easily in 

 the mixed border, and the abundance of its bright 

 pink prettily spotted flowers gives a touch of decided 

 colouring wherever a colony of it is established. 

 D. d., variety glauca, is found on Arthur's Seat, Edin- 

 burgh, and has white flowers with a pink centre. 

 The Maiden Pink is found over Europe except the 

 northern part. 



D. fragrans. — This wild Pink, like so many of its 

 family, has an untidy growth which is not com- 

 mendable. It sprawls over the rock or stone 

 against which it is placed, and is impossible in the 

 mixed border. In spite of this it has a certain pret- 

 tiness which cannot be overlooked, and its sprawling 

 stems are not so apparent when the plant is in the 

 wall with other things near to it. The stems are from 

 nine inches to twelve inches high, generally bearing 



