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row, glaucous leaves, and bears small, feathery flowers on 

 erect stems. It is a beautiful plant for rockeries. 



The Chinese pink (I). CJiinensis) is a beautiful annual 

 or biennial, one of the most useful for summer display. 

 This species has green lanceolate leaves and single or 

 double flowers, white, rose, pink, and crimson. The best 

 varieties are: Heddewigi fl. pi., diadem atus plenissimus, and 

 the single laciniatus. Should be raised from seeds in a 

 frame or greenhouse, ready to plant out in beds early in 

 summer. They flower continuously and very profusely. 

 Kich and light soil. 



Sweet William, Diantlius barbatus. A fine, old-fash- 

 ioned border plant. Flowers of all colors, except blue and 

 yellow, in flat crowded terminal clusters. Stem about a 

 foot high, with green, broadly lanceolate leaves. May be 

 raised from seeds in winter to be planted out 

 early in spring. It is one of the most attrac- 

 tive plants for small gardens and should be 

 grown in liberal patches in the border. Flowers 

 late in summer. Maiden pink, DiantJius del- 

 toides. A slender, graceful herb for naturaliz- 

 ing in lawns and in the borders of shrubberies. 

 Flowers bright rose-colored, leaves lanceolate. 

 Common in grassy fields. Sand pink (D. are- 

 narius), a native of sandy fields in Europe, may Fia 133 -~ MAIDEN 



PINK (DIANTHUS 

 DELTOIDES). 



be used for the same purpose. The mountain 

 pink (D. alp inns) is a very dwarf and tufted species with 

 rather large, bright rose-colored flowers with crimson cen- 

 tre. It is fine for growing in large masses in rockeries. 

 Rock Tunica, Tunica saxifraga. This is a small spread- 



