DIAN'THUS CHINEN'SIS. 



CHINA PINK. 

 Class. Order. 



DECANDRIA. DIGYNIA. 



Natural Order. 



CARYOPHYLLE.fi. 



No. 65. 



Linneus, duly appreciating- the beauty and fra- 

 grance of this genus of plants, seems to have been 

 desirous of distinguishing it by a name, and called it 

 Jove's Flower; deriving Dianthus from the Greek 

 DIGS, of Jove, and ANTHOS, a flower. Chinensis 

 from its native country. 



This plant is usually mentioned as biennial. We 

 have considered it perennial, from conviction that it 

 most probably is perfectly so in its native climate. 

 It may be cultivated with advantage as an annual, 

 as it perfects its seed in the first season of its 

 growth, but having found it continue three years in 

 a healthy state, it would be improper to term it an- 

 nual or biennial. 



The numerous combinations of colour into which 

 this well-known little subject is prone to sport, 

 renders it truly interesting. Each succeeding 

 flower may be anticipated as more beautiful than 

 its predecessor. 



The China Pink, or Indian Pink, as it is sometimes 

 called, may be raised from seeds, which should be 

 sown on the borders, or a hot-bed, at the latter end 

 of March. A dry light soil is best suited to it. 



17 Hort. Kew. 2, v. 3, 80. 



