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portrayed in the " Floricultural Cabinet," vol. viii. D. 

 s. chlnensts was derived from seeds gathered by a mis- 

 sionary in China about 1898. The flowers are mauve 

 flushed with rose, with narrow petals deeply cut and 

 fringed. It sometimes flowers in the open till mid-winter. 

 A coloured plate will be found in The Garden, vol. Iv. 

 D. Oreades is a synonym. D. s. nanus is a dwarf form 

 of the European type that comes true from seeds. 



D. syhestris is a species with red flowers not unlike 

 those of D. Caryophyllus, and with long slender stalks. It was 

 introduced in 1 7 32, and is figured in the Botanical Magazine, 

 t. 1 740. It is one of the several species called D. virgineus. 

 D. Boissieri is a large and curious form growing two feet 

 in height. 



D. tener. As in so many other instances this name 

 has been applied to two plants, the one a form of D. 

 alpinus, but true D. tener belongs to the plumarius group, 

 and is of a straggly habit of growth. 



D. virgineus. What is now known by this designa- 

 tion was introduced in 1816 from the Continent. Its 

 flowers are red and of no great beauty. D. deltoides and 

 several other species have been at one time or other so- 

 called. 



