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crimson, rather small, fasciculate. June and July. 

 Hungary. 



D. hispanicus (Asso.). Glaucous, with half-shrubby 

 base, stems 8 to 10 inches high, three-nerved; flowers 

 rose-coloured, with violet anthers. May to June. 

 Mountains of Spain. 



D. Knappi (Asck.). A D. Carthusianorum, with 

 yellow flowers and blue anthers, forming one of the 

 most beautiful of species. The flowers are borne in 

 heads more or less compact ; the under sides of the 

 petals are of a reddish-yellow, while the upper surface 

 is a sulphur yellow. June and July. Banat Mountains, 

 Herzegovina, Apulia, &c. With us it requires a place 

 in full sun, in well-drained, porous soil. 



D. Libanotis (Labill.}. This is another beautiful and 

 curious species, rarely found in gardens. A plant 

 with few shoots, bearing a small number of thick 

 leaves of the size and shape of those of Malmaison 

 Carnations, extremely glaucous, very stiff, and deeply 

 channelled. The shoots are drooping or sinuous, 

 very thick, and terminated by large flowers power- 

 fully scented ; petals large and white, fringed like D. 

 superbus, and spotted with brown and yellow ; the 

 anthers are golden-yellow. June and July. Lebanon. 



Two years ago we received seed from the Lebanon, 

 and have done fairly well with it in dry, rocky soil in 

 full sun. The plant, however, always looks some- 

 what out of health, and it is possible that the soil we 

 have given it is not the most suitable for its well- 

 being, though it has flowered well in spite of its want 

 of vigour. 



