DIANTHUS 



DIANTHUS 



477 



by ver3- narrow or even awl-like Ivs. Denmark to Portu- 

 gal and Egypt. B.M. 1775, 2039. -Very variable. Little 

 known in Amer. gardens. 



3. capititns, Balb. Much like the last: plant glaucous, 

 conspicuously pubescent, taller: petals purple-spotted. 

 Siberia, Servia. 



4. cruSntus, Griseb. Cespitose, glaucous, glabrous : 

 stem 1-2 ft., terete, forking: Ivs. linear or lance-linear, 

 sharp acuminate: fls. deep blood-red, small, numerous 

 in a contracted cyme ; petals red-hairy towards the 

 base. July. Greece. 



5. barbiltus, Linn. Sweet William. Fig. 700. Per- 

 ennial, but readily grown from seed, and flowering well 

 the second year, glabrous, the stems 4-angled, 10-18 in. 

 high: Ivs. broad and fiat or condupiicate, 5-nerved: fls. 

 several to many in around-topped, dense cyme, in many 

 colors, the petals not hairy. Russia to China and S. to 

 the Pyrenees. B.M. 207. -The Sweet William is one of 

 the oldest garden flowers. It is sure to be found in the 

 old-fashioned gardens. The cult, forms run into many 

 colors. Sometimes found along roailsides as an escape. 

 There are double-fld. forms. R.H. 1894, p. 277. 



AA. Flowers solitary, or in 2's or S's. 



B. Calyx-bracts short and broad, appressed. 



C. Petals fimbriate. 



6. plumirius, Linn. Cojoion Grass or Garden Pink. 

 Scotch Pink. Pheasant's Eye Pink. Low, tufty, 1 ft., 

 blooming in spring and early summer, very fragrant: 

 Ivs. narrow and short, blue-glaucous ; fls. medium size, 



pink, purplish and white, 

 the blade of the petal 

 fringed one-fourth or one- 

 flfth its depth; calyx cylin- 

 drical, with short, broad- 

 topped mucronate bracts. 

 Austria, Siberia. — A uni- 

 versal favorite. Hardy. 

 Much used in old-fash- 

 ioned gardens as edging 

 for beds. There are double- 

 fld. forms. 



7. aup^rbus, Linn. Fig. 701. 

 Taller, the stems forking, less 

 tufted, later-fld., broader-lvd. ; 

 calyx longer: petals lilac, dis- 

 sected below the middle. Nor- 

 way to .Japan and Spain. Vari- 

 able. B.M. 297. — A handsome 

 species, growing lG-24 in., 

 fragrant. Perennial. 



cc. Petals only dentate (ex- 

 cept in some garden 

 forms). 

 8. Caryoph^Uus, Linn. Cab- 

 nation. Clove Pink. Pico- 

 tee. Grenadine. Figs. 366-8, 

 370-5. Plate IV. Cespitose, 

 glabrous, 1-3 ft., the stems 

 hard or almost woody below, 

 the nodes or joints conspicu- 

 ous : Ivs. long-linear, very 

 glaucous: fls. on long stems, 

 particularly inAmerican cult. ; 

 calyx - bracts very broad, 

 abruptly pointed : Vars. soli- 

 tary, large, very variable in 

 size, form and color, but origi- 

 nally pale lilac, fragrant. 

 B.M. 39 (Bizarre Carnation): 

 1022 (var. imbricatus); 2744 

 (Picotees). — Generally sup- 

 posed to be native to the 

 Mediterranean region, but 

 Williams gives its geograph- 

 ical limits as "north and west Normandy" and "south 

 and east Punjab" (northwestern Hindoostan). Long 

 cultivated. In Europe it is largely grown as an outdoor 

 Pink, but in this country it is chiefly known as the 

 greenhouse Carnation. The American forcing type is 



701. Dianthus superb 



(X %.) 



distinguished by very long stems and a continuous 

 blooming habit. Garden varieties of J). Caryophylhis 

 are numberless, and they often pass under Latinized 

 names {D.pnnctAtus, Hort., isone of these names). For 

 studies in the history and evolution of the Carnation, 

 see Bailey, Survivalof theUnlike, Essay28. SeeCarna- 

 tion. 



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702. Dianthus Chi 



(X%) 



9. sylvfistris, Wulf {D. virginens, Hort.). Slender, 

 1 ft. high, the stem angular compressed and bearing 1-3 

 odorless fls.: Ivs. tufted, linear and sharp-pointed, 

 scabrous on the margins : fls. rather small, red, the 

 petals obovate and shallow-toothed. Eu. B.M. 1740.— 

 Pretty perennial border plant. 



BB. Calyx-brads half the length of the calyx, mostly 

 narrow-pointed : Ivs. short and spreading, the 

 radical ones obtuse or nearly so. 



10. deltoldes, Linn. Maiden Pink. Tufted, 6-10 in., 

 blooming in spring and early summer, creeping: stems 

 ascending, forking, with solitary fls. on the branchlets: 

 stem Ivs. an inch long, sharp-pointed : fls. small ( K-?-4 

 in. across), the petals toothed, deep red with a crimson 

 eye, the petals bearing an inverted V-shaped pocket at 

 their base (whence the name deltoides). Scotland to 

 Norway and Japan. -One of the prettiest border Pinks, 

 making neat mats of foliage and bearing profusely of 

 the little bright fls. There is a white-fld. variety. 



