126 CARNATIONS AND PINKS 



season for flowering. Those who have a wall garden 

 should plant this Pink, as it will root into the crevices 

 and make drifts of soft colouring at all times. 



D. gallicHs. — A Pink of straggling growth and with 

 beardless pink flowers, of which the petals are deeply 

 cut ; it blooms in May. A native of South-Western 

 Europe, it is found near Biarritz in sand-hills under 

 the pines. 



D, nionspesstilanus . — This is also known as D. 

 alpestris, and is one of the prettiest of the family ; 

 it is very free in all ways, in its wealth of flowers and 

 easy culture. It succeeds in any open place, and 

 forms tufts of grassy leaves from which spring many 

 branching stems in summer ; the flowers are red in 

 colour, and not bearded. The plant grows from 

 6 inches to 12 inches high, and is found in high 

 thickets and mountain pastures of the Alps of South 

 and Eastern Europe. Introduced in 1764. 



D. plnniarius (the wild Pink). — This differs from the 

 wild Carnation in having a much smaller flower, and 

 the petals are deeply cut or fringed. It is also much 

 hardier, and is seldom grown in pots. One of the 

 most luxuriant in growth of all the wild Pinks, and 

 quickly covers a large space ; it also seeds freely and 

 crosses readily. The leaves are glaucous in colour, 

 and the stems bear from two to five deeply-fringed 

 and sweet-scented flowers, which vary in colour from 

 white to purple. It is wild in Middle and Eastern 

 Europe. Many beautiful garden varieties have been 

 derived from this species. 



D. Rcquienii. — A dwarf tufted Pink from the 



