124 CARNATIONS AND PINKS 



with many long very fine leaves. The flowering stems 

 are quite slender, i foot to i8 inches high, and the 

 wildings only have one or two blooms on each, but 

 under cultivation this number is doubled. It is a 

 curious plant, and grows in stony places on the 

 mountains of Greece. June flowering. 



D. pubescens. — This is a biennial summer-flowering 

 species, and a native of Greece. It is covered with a 

 fine " down " or pubescence, and the flowering stems 

 are very branching, each terminating in a single red 

 flower, but the effect at a distance is of a little cluster, 



D. pungens. — A Spanish Pink, grows on rocks and 

 mountain pastures in Asturia. It is dwarf, tufted, and 

 has either solitary or a few flowered slender stems. 

 The colour is pink. 



D. siculus. — A tufted plant, with long grassy leaves 

 and tall branching stems 12 inches to 18 inches high, 

 and solitary red flowers, of which the petals are in- 

 cised, 



D. strictus. — This is a small white Pink which 

 quickly forms large tufts of glaucous leaves, and apart 

 from its flowers it is useful for covering the rougher 

 parts of the rock-garden. It is found on rocks in 

 Eastern Europe. D. s., variety bebius, has broader 

 leaves and larger flowers. 



D. subacaulis. — k very dwarf tufted plant, with one 

 flower to each of the short stems. It comes from 

 the Dauphiny. 



D. sylvestris. — The Wood Pink, and found abund- 

 antly in rock and stony places on Mount Jura and 

 the neighbouring Alps. It was once thought by some 



