Commercial Gardening 



fragrans, white, tinged purple, with a double variety having creamy white 

 flowers; Freyni, rose lilac, very dwarf and tufted; frigidus, pale purple; 



glacialis, purple; Holtzeri, pink; integer, 

 pure white; Knappi, clear yellow; mon- 

 spessulanus, red or white; neglectus, 

 carmine (fig. 194); petrceus, rose, with a 

 very double form; ramosissimus, purple 

 rose; Seguieri, rose purple; Simsi, pink; 

 sub-acaulis, pink; superbus, pink and 

 white; sylvestris, rose pink; and zonatus, 

 bright rose, dark centre. Most of the 

 above form dwarf tufted masses, and are 

 chiefly appreciated by the owners of large 

 gardens where there is scope for the estab- 

 lishment of rock and alpine gardens. 



Dieentra (Dielytra) spectabilis. This 

 is the well-known Chinese Lyre Flower, 

 Bleeding Heart, Lady's Locket, or Dutch- 

 man's Breeches, grown so much in pots 

 for early bloom in conservatories, and in 

 the open and for border decoration in 

 summer. The thickish masses of roots 

 are imported in autumn, placed in 5 -in. or 

 6-in. pots with a little gritty soil worked 

 in around them. They are then stood 

 outside and covered with soil or ashes 



Fig. 194. Dianthus neglectus 



about 6 in. deep, where they remain till 

 wanted. From Christmas onwards they 

 are brought into a warm greenhouse 

 and forced into bloom for market. They 

 sell well owing to their gracefully cut 

 foliage, and their arching racemes of 

 bright rosy pink drooping blossoms, to 

 which the name of " Solomon's Tears " 

 has also been given, as well as the 

 others mentioned above. Other species 

 sold by nurserymen are canadensis, 

 white; chrysantha, yellow; cucullaria, 

 white and yellow; eximia, reddish 

 purple; formosa, red; and thalictri- 

 folia, yellow and red. 



Dictamnus Fraxinella. This the 

 Fraxinella, Dittany, or Burning Bush 

 is a pretty bushy plant 2-3 ft. high, 



having serrated leaflets and trusses of pale lilac-rose blossoms distinctly 

 feathered and veined with purple. The white-flowered variety alba is 



Fig. 195. Dictamnus Fraxinella 



