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flowers are frequently borne two on each stem. A 

 native of the high alpine regions of the Swiss and 

 Italian Alps, and introduced in 1869. No rock-garden 

 should be without this lovely Pink, and it succeeds 

 well in an open place in stony soil or in a crevice. 



D. nitidus. Another pretty Pink, with leaves some- 

 what similar to those of D. alpinus, but with generally 

 more acute points. The stems spring from tufts of 

 grass-like leaves, and have from two to three flowers. It 

 is a native of the calcareous Alps in Hungary, grow- 

 ing in alpine pastures and opening its rose-coloured 

 dentate petals in August and September. As it suffers 

 greatly from damp, choose a dry position for it, 

 wedged between stones. 



D. nceanus. A very distinct summer-flowering 

 species from Rumelia and Servia, with tufts of fine 

 rigid foliage. It is exceptionally free-flowering, and 

 the slender stems are from 6 inches to 9 inches high, 

 branching at the top into two to three divisions, 

 each terminating with a small solitary white flower, 

 the petals of which are incised. A Pink of free 

 growth in any sunny position, but the soil must be 

 a gritty loam. 



D.petrteus. This is the Rock Pink. It was intro- 

 duced from Eastern Europe in 1804, and is not un- 

 like D. nceanus, but the leaves are broader and less 

 rigid, and the rose-coloured beardless flowers are on 

 slender stems, which branch at the top into three or 

 four. Summer flowering. 



D. pinifolius. An interesting species, tufted and 

 woody at the base, the branching stems being clothed 



