ALPINE FLOWERS FOR GARDENS 



[PART II. 



level and firm looking, with the outer 

 margins slightly notched, and the flower 

 about an inch across of brilliant rose. 

 In a wild state, plants of it may be seen 

 in bloom at 1^ inches high, and even 

 less ; but when cultivated in deep, sandy 

 loams, it is larger, is surpassed by no 

 alpine plant in vividness of colouring, and 

 is easily grown. Alps and the Pyrenees. 

 Division and seed. 



Dianthus superbus (Fringed Pink). A 

 fragrant Pink, its petals cut into lines or 

 strips for more than half their length, 

 which gives the plant a singular effect. 

 It inhabits many parts of Europe from 

 the shores of Norway to the Pyrenees, and 

 is a true perennial, though it perishes so 

 often in our gardens, when very young, 

 that many regard it as a biennial. It is 

 more apt to perish in winter on rich and 



Dianthus neglectus. 



Dianthus petrous (Rock Pink). With 

 short sharp-pointed leaves, forming hard 

 tufts an inch or two high, and fine rose- 

 coloured flowers in summer. It seemed to 

 escape the attacks of wireworm when 

 nearly every other species was destroyed. 

 A dry and sunny position is most con- 

 genial to this species. Hungary. 



D. plumarius (Pink). This plant, the 

 parent from which the varieties of Pinks 

 have sprung, has single purple flowers, 

 rather deeply cut at the margin, and is 

 naturalised on old walls in various parts 

 of England, though not a true native. It 

 is rather handsome when grown into 

 healthy tufts, but on the level ground it 

 is not long-lived. 



D. proliferus. Flowers of a beautiful 

 reddish-purple, of easy culture, and very 

 useful. 



D. pungens. Flowers rosy -pink, plant 

 forming nice tufts ; leaves glaucous. 



D. rupicola. Flowers deep red, late, 

 and very useful. 



D. Seguieri. Flowers large, deeply cut, 

 rosy-purple, with a deeper ring at base of 

 each petal. Flowers late in summer. 



D. subacaulis. Of tufted growth, with 

 glaucous leaves ; flowers small, pink, 

 solitary. 



moist soil than on that which is somewhat 

 light and well-drained, and it should be 

 planted in fibrous loam, well mixed with 

 sand or grit. Unlike some of the other 

 kinds, it comes quite true from seed, 

 generally grows more than a foot high, 

 flowering in summer or early autumn. 



D. tymphresteus. A free and con- 

 tinuous blooming species from Northern 

 Greece, growing from 15 inches to 18 

 inches high, with deep rosy flowers ; 

 makes a good perennial and showy border 

 plant. 



D. vaginatus This belongs to the 

 clustered-flowered section of this genus, 

 the flowers carmine, on stems only 6 

 inches high. It is a rare species, continu- 

 ing in bloom for nearly two months. 



DIAPENSIA LAPPONICA (Lap- 

 land D.) A sturdy and dwarf little 

 evergreen alpine shrub, rarely seen 

 even in botanic gardens, and con- 

 sidered impossible to cultivate, but 

 which may be grown well on fully 

 exposed spots in deep sandy and stony 

 peat, kept moist during the dry season. 

 It grows in very dense rounded tufts, 

 with narrow closely packed leaves, and 



