HARDY GARDEN PINKS 



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which flowers, it is said, within six months of sowing. When 

 the plants are potted after flowering in the open ground, 

 they bloom freely through the Winter. The annual 

 Chinese Pink and its single and double varieties, raised 

 from seed, are also eminently useful for bedding. 



' THE HARDY GARDEN PINKS 



It is questionable if we make sufficient use of the hardy 

 garden Pinks for garden decoration. The alpine species 

 mentioned on earher pages (14-15) are not only suitable 



A Rock Garden Home for the Hardy, Dwarf Dianthuses 



but necessary to the true embellishment of the rock garden, 

 a form of gardening now becoming much more understood 

 in the United States and frequently adopted as an outdoor 

 feature. Particularly useful for this form of gardening 

 is the Cheddar Pink (Dianthus csesius), which stands our 

 hot Summers very well, also the Maiden Pink (D. del- 

 toides), and the Rock Pink (D. petrseus). In addition 

 there are neglectus, glacialis and alpinus. 



