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flowers are frequently borne two on each stem. A 

 native of the high alpine regions of the Swiss and 

 Italian Alps, and introduced in 1869. No rock-garden 

 should be without this lovely Pink, and it succeeds 

 well in an open place in stony soil or in a crevice. 



D. nitidus. — Another pretty Pink, with leaves some- 

 what similar to those of D. alpinus, but with generally 

 more acute points. The stems spring from tufts of 

 grass-like leaves, and have from two to three flowers. It 

 is a native of the calcareous Alps in Hungary, grow- 

 ing in alpine pastures and opening its rose-coloured 

 dentate petals in August and September. As it suffers 

 greatly from damp, choose a dry position for it, 

 wedged between stones. 



D. nceanus. — A very distinct summer-flowering 

 species from Rumelia and Servia, with tufts of fine 

 rigid foliage. It is exceptionally free-flowering, and 

 the slender stems are from 6 inches to 9 inches high, 

 branching at the top into two to three divisions, 

 each terminating with a small solitary white flower, 

 the petals of which are incised. A Pink of free 

 growth in any sunny position, but the soil must be 

 a gritty loam. 



D. petrseus. — This is the Rock Pink. It was intro- 

 duced from Eastern Europe in 1804, and is not un- 

 like D. noeanus, but the leaves are broader and less 

 rigid, and the rose-coloured beardless flowers are on 

 slender stems, which branch at the top into three or 

 four. Summer flowering. 



D. pmifolius. — An interesting species, tufted and 

 woody at the base, the branching stems being clothed 



