140 ROGK GARDENING FOR AMATEURS 



surmounted in June by two-inch stems, each carrying 

 a large rose flower of intense beauty. It is a lime- 

 hater according to general experience, at any rate and 

 in nature grows on granite. It likes a soil of loam 

 and peat with granite chips intermixed, and thrives 

 in the moraine or rock crevices in slight shade. Never 

 allow it to suffer from drought in summer. Increased by 

 seeds or division. 



D. neglectus. A lovely Pink from the south-west of 

 Europe ; it is shown in one of the colour plates. It varies 

 greatly, but the best forms have large carmine flowers, 

 tinged on the outside with buff. The leaves are grass- 

 like, and the stems about four inches high. Inferior 

 forms abound, and these are often taller, with small 

 flowers of poor colour. Increased by cuttings or seeds. 

 It should be planted in sandy loam with lime rubble 

 intermixed, or in gritty loam. It should be on sunny 

 rockwork or in the moraine. 



D. sylvestris (Wood Pink). The specific name of sylves- 

 tris is quite misleading, as this is not a woodland plant 

 at all. It is a handsome Pink with grass-like, bluish 

 leaves and solitary deep rose flowers on stems six or 

 eight inches high. D. frigidus is classed as synony- 

 mous. It likes an open, sunny place in sandy, stony 

 loam. It has a bad reputation for dying off. A slight 

 covering of chips over the surrounding soil is beneficial. 

 Increased by cuttings or seeds. 



