6o The Wild Garden. 



peat or fine sandy soil, associated with such dwarf shrubs 

 as Daphne Cneorum, and Erica carnea. 



THE PINK FAMILY. 



Tall Gypsophila. Gypsophila altissima. Siberia. 

 Herbaceous perennial ; 3 to 5 feet ; pinkish ; summer ; 

 seed or division. — Banks, rocks, and stony places. 



Elegant Gypsophila. Gysophila ekgans. Eastern 

 Europe. Annual ; i to 2 feet ; pale rose ; summer ; 

 seed. — Same positions as for the preceding kind, 



Panicled Gypsophila. Gypsophila paniculata. Si- 

 beria. Herbaceous perennial ; 2 to 4 feet ; white ; sum- 

 mer ; seed or division. — Rough, rocky places and in thin 

 woods. 



Trailing Gypsophila. Gypsophila prostrata. Europe. 

 Herbaceous perennial ; i foot ; pale rose ; summer ; 

 seed or division. — Rocks, banks, and heaps of stony 

 rubbish amid dwarf plants. 



Creeping Gypsophila; Gypsophila repens. Pyrenees. 

 Deciduous trailer ; 3 to 6 inches ; striped ; summer ; seed 

 or division. — Same positions as for the preceding. 



Steven's Gypsophila. Gypsophila Steveni. Iberia. 

 Herbaceous perennial ; 2 to 3 feet ; white ; summer ; 

 seed or division. — Fringes of shrubberies and in open 

 spots in thin woods, among strong perennials. 



Alpine Fink. Dianthus alpinus. Austria. Ever- 

 green perennial ; 3 to 4 inches ; red ; summer ; seed or 

 division. — In peat or very sandy moist soil, on bare and 

 exposed rocky or very stony spots, amid minute plants. 



The beautiful, brilliant, and recently introduced Dian- 



