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DIANTHUS. 



closely-set fascicles ; scales oval, 

 pointed, twice as long as the tube of 

 the calyx. Leaves, lance- shaped, stiff, 

 with a single vein on the upper side. 



Russia. The rock-garden, at least 



till more plentiful, and in moist sandy 

 or gritty loam. Seed. 



Dianthus glacialis (Glacier Pink). 

 A brilliant kind, allied to D. neglectus, 

 2 or 3 in. high. Flowers, in summer ; 

 solitary, rose-coloured ; petals notched, 

 one and a half times longer than the 

 calyx; divisions of the calyx lance- 

 shaped, awned ; awn linear, awl- 

 shaped, herbaceous, longer than the 

 tube. Leaves, linear, obtuse, 1- 

 nerved, attenuated towards the base. 

 Granitic Alps of the Tyrol, Salzburg, 



and Carihthia. The rock-garden, 



in exposed spots, in moist sandy loam. 

 Seed and division. 



Dianthus neglectus (Grass Hose). 

 Resembling the Alpine Pink in its 

 large and handsome blossoms, but 

 with narrower and more pointed grass- 

 like leaves ; 2 to 4 in. high. Flowers, 

 in summer ; deep rose ; calyx striped, 

 scales of the calyx 2, as long as the 

 tube ; petals serrated ; stems erect, 

 tufted, short, generally 1-flowered. 

 Leaves, green, linear, acute, serrulated. 

 Alps of Dauphiny, Pyrenees, Switzer- 

 land, and North of Italy. The rock- 

 garden, in exposed spots, and the 

 margin of the choice mixed border, 

 in fine sandy loam. It is much more 

 easily grown than the Alpine Pink, 

 and in many soils will thrive in any 

 exposed spot, the plant or group of 

 plants being surrounded by a few 

 half -buried stones. Seed and divi- 

 sion. 



Dianthus petrseus (Rock Pink)* 

 Forms compact tufts, in poor soil, 

 little more than 1 in. high ; flower- 

 stems about 6 in. high. Flowers, in 

 summer; fine rose, usually solitary 

 on the stems, which are very freely 



produced ; scales of the calyx obovate, 

 mucronate ; petals beardless, multi- 

 fid. Leaves, smooth, awl-shaped, 



entire, nerved. Hungary. The 



rock-garden, or borders, in ordinary 

 light soil. This is easy to grow and 

 much less liable to suffer from wire- 

 worm than most of the other kinds. 

 Division or seed, but if grown near 

 other kinds the seedlings are apt to 

 vary very much. 



Dianthus plumarius (Garden Pink). 

 This is considered the parent from 

 which all our varieties of pinks have 

 sprung. Flowers, in early summer ; 

 white, purple, spotted, or variegated, 

 double or single ; stems 2- or 3- 

 flowered ; scales of calyx ovate, short ; 

 teeth obtuse ; petals bearded, jagged. 

 Leaves, linear,, margins rough. Europe. 



The finer named kinds in beds of 



rich sandy loam, with the florists' 

 flowers, or in borders, fringes of shrub- 

 beries, or on banks. The wild single 

 kind thrives best on old walls and 

 ruins, and also in the rock-garden and 

 borders, frequently however perishing 

 in winter in cold soils. Cuttings or 

 seed. 



Dianthus ramosissimus (Busk Pink). 

 A hardy, dwarf, free-flowering spe- 

 cies, forming dense and branching 

 tufts ; about 6 in. high. Flowers, late 

 in summer ; purplish-rose, very nu- 

 merous, solitary, on wiry steins. 

 Leaves, linear, painted, flat, sessile. 



Tartary. The rock-garden, and the 



margin of the mixed border, in sandy, 

 well-drained loam. Seed. 



Dianthus suavis (Sweet Pink). A 

 pretty and sweet kind, 6 in. high. 

 Flowers, in summer; pink, petals 

 bearded, deeply serrated ; scales of the 

 calyx 4, acute, short. Leaves, linear, 

 spreading, glaucous ; stem generally 

 1-flowered. Native country unknown. 



The rock-garden and borders, in 



light soil. Seed and division. 



