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plant and a native of England. It has leaves that are 

 not glaucous like those of most pinks, but bright 

 green, and pink flowers with darker spots. There is a 

 very pretty white variety, one with brighter flowers, 

 and one with glaucous leaves. D. deltoides is very 

 easily grown in any light soil, and seeds itself pro- 

 fusely. The white variety comes fairly true from 

 seed. It should be grown in great masses in a large 

 space to itself, where it can seed freely. In a small 

 rock garden the seedlings encroach too much. The 

 plant commonly called Dianthus fragrans is really 

 a variety of D. plumarius with white, very sweet- 

 scented, flowers. The double variety has a scent of 

 overpowering sweetness, and is a very beautiful plant. 

 The true D. fragrans is very rare. Dianthus mons- 

 pessulanus is a closely tufted pink with dark glaucous 

 foliage. It has large fringed pink flowers, very fragrant. 

 It is easily grown among rocks in light soil with some 

 leaf mould in it, and prefers limestone. 



Dianthus arenarius and D. petraeus are plants 

 about the names of which there seems to be some 

 uncertainty, at least among nurserymen. The plants 

 usually sold under these names have very narrow 

 grassy leaves, a very tufted habit, and white fringed 

 flowers. According to M. Correvon the species both 

 have pink flowers, but the plants usually sold may be 

 merely white varieties. In any case they are charm- 

 ing, and will grow in the driest and hottest places. 

 In fact, they are suitable for the very top of the rockery, 

 where they will spread into carpets as thick and even 



