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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Diantlms continued. 



D. arenarius (sand-loving).* A., petals divided beyond the middle 

 into very narrow lobes, furnished with a livid spot and pressed 

 purple hairs at the base of each, the rest white. Summer. 

 Stems generally one-flowered. North and Eastern 

 (B. M. 2038.) 



FIG. 645. FLOWERING BRANCH AND SINGLE FLOWER OF 

 DIANTHUS SUPERBUS. 



D. atrorubens (dark-red).* fl. dark red, small, sessile, in aggre- 



gate heads ; involucre ovate, awned, shorter than the heads of 



flowers. Summer. 1. linear, three-nerved, h. 1ft. South and 



Eastern Europe, 1802. (B. M. 1775.) 

 D. Balbisii. A synonym of D. liburnicus. 

 D. barbatus (bearded).* Sweet William, fl. very variable in 



colour, aggregate, in bundles; petals bearded. Summer. I. 



lanceolate, nerved. South and Eastern Europe, 1573. See Fig. 



644. Of this splendid old-fashioned plant, varieties are hummer- 



able, and far exceed the type in point of beauty. 

 D. bicolor (two-coloured). A. white above and lead-coloured 



beneath, solitary; petals dilated. Summer. I. awl-shaped ; 



lower ones tomentose. Stem panicled. h. 1ft. to 2ft. Southern 



Russia, 1816. 



D. csasius (bluish-grey). 

 colour, very fragrant; 



Cheddar Pink. /. of a delicate rose- 

 petals crenated, pubescent. Summer. 



I. short, with scabrous margins. Stem tufted, generally one- 



flowered. h. Sin. to 6in. Europe (Britain). Plant very glaucous. 



(Sy. En. B. 193.) 

 D. Caryophyllus. Carnation ; Clove Pink. fl, solitary, nearly 



every colour except blue ; petals very broad, beardless. Sum- 



mer. 1. linear-awl-shaped, channelled, glaucous. Stem branched. 



South Europe. Naturalised here and there in England. There 



are numerous varieties of this species. See Carnation. 

 D. ohinensis (Chinese).* Chinese or Indian Pink. fl. very variable 



in colour, but usually reddish, and are either single or double ; 



solitary or somewhat aggregate; petals toothed. Summer. L 



lanceolate, pale green. Stem bra 



1713. Biennial. 



. . 



branched, h. 6in. to 12in. China, 



D. c. Atkinson! (Atkinson's)* is a beautiful garden hybrid, of 

 which, in all probability, D. chinensit is one of the parents. It 

 has deep blood-red flowers, and is one of the handsomest of 

 old-fashioned garden Pinks. It seems difficult to increase by 

 division or cuttings, and does not ripen seed. (Gn., Jan. 12, 1884.) 



D. crnentns (bloody).* /. bloody -scarlet, small, numerous ; cymes 

 contracted, somewhat globose ; petals toothed, bearded towards 

 the base with scattered reddish-violet hairs ; calyx reddish-violet. 



, Summer. I. linear-lanceolate, very acute ; lower ones tufted. 

 Eastern Europe. (B. G. 26.) 



D. deltoides (deltoid). Maiden Pink. fl. rose-coloured, with 

 a dark circle, solitary. Summer. I., upper ones narrow, acute, 



Dianthns continued. 

 pubescent ; lower ones oblong, 



branched, 

 D. dentosus (toothed). 



Stems ascending, 

 rope (Britain). (Sy. En. B. 192.) 



Amoor Pink. fl. violet-lilac, with a 



regular dark spot, formed of purple streaks, at the base of each 

 petal, producing a dark eye in the centre of the flower, more than 

 lin. across ; petals toothed at the margin, bearded at the base. 

 Summer. I. linear, rather broad, sometimes slightly undulated, 

 glaucous, tinged with a reddish hue. h. 6in. Southern Russia. 

 D. fimbriatus (flmbriate).* fl. rose-coloured, solitary; petals 

 oblong, multifldly toothed, beardless. Summer. I. awl-shaped, 

 scabrous. Stem suffruticose at the base, branched, h. 1ft. 

 Iberia, 1815. (B. M. 1069, under name of D. orientalis). 



D. Fischer! (Fischer's).* fl. rose-coloured, somewhat aggregat 

 petals multifld, almost 

 flowered. Summer. I. 

 Russia, 1820. (S. B. F. G. 245.) 



. , 



beardless; fascicles closely-set, many- 

 flowered. Summer. I. lanceolate, serrulated. Stem panicled. 



D. fragrans (fragrant).* fl. white, suffused with purple, fragrant ; 



petals semi-muitifid, beardless. July to September. I. awl-shaped, 



with roughish margins. Stems generally one-flowered, h. 6in. to 



9in. Caucasus, 1804. (B. M. 2067.) 

 D. fruticosus (shrubby). Shrubby Pink. /. dark in the middle, 



rose-coloured in the circumference, and white and pilose at 



the base, aggregate. Summer. I. obovate, lanceolate, obtuse. 



Stem shrubby. Half-hardy evergreen, h. 1ft. to 2ft. Grecian 



Archipelago (Island of Serfo), 1815. (S. F. G. 407.) 

 D. gallicns (Gallic), fl. white, livid at the base ; petals dentately- 



multifid. July, August. I. linear, somewhat ciliated. Stems 



ascending, generally one-flowered, h. 6in. Western France, 



Northern Spain, and Portugal. 

 D. giganteus (gigantic), fl. purple, numerous, sessile, disposed 



in hemispherical heads, supported at the base by leafy bracts. 



Summer. I. linear, very long, connate at the base a long way. 



Stem round. A. 2ft. to 4ft Eastern Europe, 1828. 

 D. glacialis (icy).* fl. reddish-purple, small, scentless ; petals 



serrated. Summer. 1. linear, acute, serrulated, green. Stems 



erect, tufted, short, generally one-flowered, h. Sin. Mountains 



of Central Europe, 1820. (F. M. n. s. 268.) 



FIG. 646. FLOWER OP DIANTHUS SUPERBUS GARDNERI (CUT- 

 FLOWERED CHINESE PINK). 



