i2 4 CARNATIONS AND PINKS 



with many long very fine leaves. The flowering stems 

 are quite slender, i foot to 18 inches high, and the 

 wildings only have one or two blooms on each, but 

 under cultivation this number is doubled. It is a 

 curious plant, and grows in stony places on the 

 mountains of Greece. June flowering. 



D. pubescens. This is a biennial summer-flowering 

 species, and a native of Greece. It is covered with a 

 fine " down " or pubescence, and the flowering stems 

 are very branching, each terminating in a single red 

 flower, but the effect at a distance is of a little cluster. 



D.pungens. A Spanish Pink, grows on rocks and 

 mountain pastures in Asturia. It is dwarf, tufted, and 

 has either solitary or a few flowered slender stems. 

 The colour is pink. 



D. siculus. A tufted plant, with long grassy leaves 

 and tall branching stems 12 inches to 18 inches high, 

 and solitary red flowers, of which the petals are in- 

 cised. 



D. strictus. This is a small white Pink which 

 quickly forms large tufts of glaucous leaves, and apart 

 from its flowers it is useful for covering the rougher 

 parts of the rock-garden. It is found on rocks in 

 Eastern Europe. D. s., variety bebius, has broader 

 leaves and larger flowers, 



D. subacaulis.k very dwarf tufted plant, with one 

 flower to each of the short stems. It comes from 

 the Dauphiny. 



D. sylvestris. The Wood Pink, and found abund- 

 antly in rock and stony places on Mount Jura and 

 the neighbouring Alps. It was once thought by some 



