258 Classified Lists 



pale pink satiny fringed flowers 2-3 in. across, in terminal clusters. 

 Give a deep rich soil and sun. Propagate by seed or division. Blooms 

 for two months. 



SILENE SHAFTA, see Catchfly. Autumn. 



SUN ROSE (Helianthemum mutabile). 6 in. A pleasing little plant 

 with evergreen leaves and slightly woody stems, bearing a profusion of 

 pink flowers that open only in the bright sun. No value for cutting. 

 Racemes are nodding before the flowers open, but erect themselves. 

 Give a hot dry soil, and propagate by seeds or cuttings in a sandy soil 

 kept shaded. 



SWEET-WILLIAM (Dianthus barbatus, var. Pale Pink.}, i ft. This 

 variety is not so tall as some of the red ones, but it bears enormous heads 

 of showy pink flowers. To propagate any given color, give the plant 

 special attention to induce new growths at the root, which can be di- 

 vided the following spring. For brilliant new colors sow fresh seed an- 

 nually and select stock when it blooms and transplant into its place ac- 

 cording to color. 



TUNICA (T. saxifragd). 8 in. A dainty little plant with small leaves, 

 slender diffuse stems and tiny open bell-shaped pink flowers resembling 

 the annual Gypsophila. Easily raised from seed, or increased by divi- 

 sion of root. Give any good soil. 



THRIFT, see Armeria plantaginea. 



VALERIAN, JUPITER'S BEARD (Centranthus ruler, var. Pink). 2 ft. 

 An erect plant with smooth deeply-veined leaves and dense terminal 

 cymes of long-tubed flowers; also coral red and white varieties. For 

 culture see Valerian, White Per., June. 



VERBASCUM (V. Blattaria). A pink variety, see V., Blue Per., June. 



VERBENA (V. montana). i ft. A purplish-rose variety, of Verbena, 

 said to be hardy, but does not survive the winter in my garden. I grow 

 it as an annual which blooms in September. It makes a vigorous erect 

 growth and is a free bloomer, but not to be relied upon as hardy. 



JULY 



PINK SHRUBS 



LAUREL. Mountain, (Kalmia latifolia). 4 ft. A native evergreen 

 shrub of great beauty with shining green leaves, arranged in a rosette 

 beneath large clusters of showy rose-pink flowers. It is difficult to trans- 



