182 Classified Lists 



known hardy plant making a bushy growth, and bears huge double 

 flowers. Peonies come in almost every color and many are sweet- 

 scented, and there are many single varieties. Requires a rich deep soil, 

 and should be mulched and well watered in summer when the growth 

 is made. A gross feeder; dig in cow manure about the roots. Should 

 remain undisturbed, but can be propagated by division of strong plants 

 in August or September, or by seeds. New varieties are obtained by 

 crossing, and can be done by an amateur, if time and patience are given 

 to the matter. 



CARNATION or CLOVE-PINK (Dianthus caryophyllus). i ft. While 

 this variety is most frequently seen in pots as a house plant it will bloom 

 in the open in four months from sowing the seed. A very full double 

 variety with a fragrant clove scent. It makes a tall brittle growth, and 

 if size of bloom is desired the plant should be disbudded and only a 

 single flower be allowed to bloom. Give a deep rich soil of mixed loam, 

 sand, cow manure or leaf mold. The buds are apt to burst on one 

 side, which may be obviated by gently dividing the calyx with a pin as 

 soon as the buds are swelled. Propagated by layering, for which, cut a 

 strong shoot half through in a slanting direction at a joint, and bury an 

 inch or two deep, fastening down with a pronged twig, or hairpin. 

 Moderate water and shade should be given until the shoot roots; also 

 propagated by cuttings in sand under glass, and by seed. Not hardy 

 except varieties Vienna and Grenadin in white and scarlet. The Mar- 

 guerite Carnation will bloom in the open from July until frost if sown 

 in the spring. They are half hardy, and in sheltered situations if well 

 mulched with coarse straw and pine boughs survive the winter. 



PINK. Japanese (Dianthus Heddewigii, var. albus fl. pi.}. 2 ft. A 

 double white biennial variety of a beautiful but scentless pink that 

 blooms late the first season, and is covered with bloom the second year. 

 It is hardy with a slight protection in winter. Give a rich moist soil, a 

 sunny sheltered position. 



PINK. Hardy Garden, or Common (Dianthus plumarius, var. 

 Cyclops), i ft. A single flowered variety of the old Scotch Pink, mak- 

 ing a tuft of grass-like leaves; bears quantities of small sweet-scented 

 whitish flowers with fringed petals. Propagated by seeds and cuttings, 

 and sometimes by division of root. I do not succeed with this last 

 method. There is also a double variety, and pink and white varieties 

 of double Dianthus plumarius. A beautiful border may be made by 

 alternating the Garden Pink with Forget-me-not. 



