ii2 CARNATIONS AND PINKS 



D. capitatus. This Eastern European species is 

 closely allied to D. atrorubens, but the involucral bracts 

 are much longer and with a long acuminate point ; 

 the flowers also are lighter in colour. 



D. Carthusianorum. A plant of erect growth, with 

 tufts of long grassy foliage and stems two feet high ; 

 the small red flowers are in densely crowded round 

 heads. Though not so showy as some of the Pinks, 

 D. Carthusianorum may be recommended for the 

 border, where a group of it will maintain a succession 

 of flowers for some time. The petals are bearded, 

 and the margins are crenate. This species is found 

 in barren wastes in Central and Southern Europe. 



D. cinnabarinus. Although frequently offered in 

 catalogues, the true plant is rarely seen. It is a hand- 

 some species, tall and erect in growth, shrubby at the 

 base, with tufts of grassy leaves and stout stems bear- 

 ing compact heads of cinnabar-red flowers ; the petals 

 are paler on the under side, and the calyx is also tinted 

 with red. Although a perennial it is short-lived in 

 this country, and does not ripen seed so freely as the 

 other clustered Pinks, which may account for its 

 scarcity. It is a native of the mountains of Greece 

 and Asia Minor, and was introduced in 1888. 



D. cruentus. This is found in Greece and other 

 parts of Eastern Europe. It bears a great resem- 

 blance to D. Carthusianorum in growth, but the 

 slightly larger flowers are of a darker blood-red 

 colour. 



D. giganteus. This is a species of tall growth, 

 reaching when the soil is good a height of four feet, 



