DIANTHUSES (PINKS). 147 



Visitors to the Cheddar rocks in Somersetshire may 

 have seen it growing wild there. 



Calizonus, growing about six inches high and 

 producing rosy pink flowers in July, is a pretty species, 

 which may be propagated by cuttings. 



Cinnabarinus is somewhat taller than the majority, 

 growing to nine inches high. It produces red flowers 

 in July. 



Cruentus is also rather tall, growing to fifteen or even 

 eighteen inches. It bears fragrant crimson flowers in 

 July. A showy Pink, it is also very easy to grow. 



Deltoides is the popular " Maiden Pink.'' It grows 

 about six inches high, comes into bloom in early summer, 

 and lasts a long time. It bears abundance of bright 

 pink flowers. A native plant, it is very easy to propa- 

 gate and grow. Trade florists offer a white variety 

 (albus). 



Glacialis forms tiny tufts and produces numbers of 

 rosy flowers in June. It is not quite so tractable as 

 some of the species, and does not care for limestone, 

 though it likes granite. Peat, leaf mould and granite 

 grit should be added to the soil for this species. 



NeglectuSj growing only three or four inches high, 

 and producing carmine flowers in June, is one of the 

 most briUiant of the Alpine Pinks, and quite easy to 

 manage. 



Petraeus grows about six inches high and bears rosy 

 flowers in July. It is very easy to grow. There is a 

 double variety of it. 



Seguieri is one of the stronger growers, rising a foot 

 high, and bearing rosy purple flowers late in summer. 



