198 BRECK’S NEW BOOK OF FLOWERS. 
D. barbatus.—Sweet William.—Is an old inhabitant of 
the flower-garden, and was much esteemed in Gerarde’s 
time, “for its beauty to deck up the bosoms of the beau- 
tifal, and garlands and crowns for pleasure.” It is an im- 
perfect perennial, but fine varieties are perpetuated by 
dividing the roots, soon after flowering in June and July. 
It is easily raised from seeds. A bed of fine sorts presents 
arich sight; it sports into endless varieties, viz.: white, 
pink, purple, crimson, scarlet’ and variously edged, eyed, 
and spotted. There are also double varieties, but in my 
opinion, no improvement over the single. 
D. hybridus._There is a large class of these beautiful 
flowers, produced from crossing the different species of 
China, Broad-leaved, Imperial, Sweet William, and other 
species, which are worthy of cultivation; the seed can be 
obtained at some of the seed stores. The greatest novel- 
ties that have appeared in the Pink line for many years 
are the celebrated Heddewigii varieties raised from seeds 
obtained.from Japan. The following description is from 
a seedsman, in Erfurt, Prussia :— 
D. Chinénsis-Heddewigii, D.: Chinensis giganteus,— 
(Heddewig). These superb pinks are splendid beyond ex- 
pectation. The raiser, Mr. Heddewig, ‘ received the golden 
medal,’ in Petersburgh, in 1858, and besides there was a 
prize set on them by the Horticultural Society and by the 
Botanical Society in Regent’s Park. The plant is very 
proliferous (free flowering,) and of a dwarf compact size. 
The flowers are very large, and have a diameter of nearly 
three inches; they are of different colors and shades; 5 
rose-colored, crimson, brown, dark-brown and white, mar- 
bled-flamed, ete. An excellent acquisition.” 
D. Chinénsis-laciniatus (Heddewig).—Described by the 
raiser, Mr. Heddewig, as follows:—“‘I had the fortune to 
raise from Japan seed, a new splendid Pink, which Dr. 
