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only one flower, but sometimes a second one appears 

 on a short axillary peduncle ; the flowers are pure 

 white with finely toothed petals, and appear in July. 

 The double variety we noticed one summer in the 

 interesting collection of Pinks in the nursery of Mr. 

 Charles Turner of Slough. It is more compact than 

 the type, and its white flowers are perfect little rosettes. 

 D. fragrans comes from the Caucasus. 



D. Freynii. — A Pink that reminds one of D. glacialis 

 (the Glacier Pink), and so closely allied is it that 

 some authorities regard it as only a variety. It is 

 one of the smallest and most compact of the wild 

 species, and has pale grey leaves and purple flowers 

 three-quarters of an inch across on very short stems. 

 These is also a variety with paler coloured flowers. 

 It is a native of Hungary and Bosnia, and was 

 introduced in 1892. 



D. glacialis (the Glacier Pink). — This is a very 

 small and rare tufted plant with grassy leaves, 

 and comes from the high granitic mountains of 

 Central Europe. The scentless flowers have dentate 

 petals, and their colouring is reddish-purple, while 

 they are on stems only one inch to three inches high. 

 Fortunately it has frequently a very long life under 

 cultivation, its chief enemy being the slug, which 

 relishes the juicy foliage, and against this pest the 

 plant must be carefully protected. The soil it 

 delights in most is sandy peat to which a propor- 

 tion of granite chippings have been added. D.g., var. 

 gelidus, from the Transylvanian Alps, is now given 

 specific rank in Williams' monograph. 



