DIANTHUS HENDERSONIANUS. 
(Mr. Henderson's Piuk.) 
Class. 
DECANDRIA. 
Order. 
DIGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
CARYOPHYLL ACEM. 
Generic Character.— Calyx tubular, five-toothed, 
furnished at the base with two, four, or six opposite 
imbricate scales. Petals five, with long claws. Stamens 
ten. Styles two. Capsules one-celled. Seeds flat, 
convex on one side, and concave on the other, peltate 
Embryo scarcely curved. — Don. 
D. Hendersonianus. — A Garden Hybrid. 
Our drawing of this very beautiful Pink was made in July last, at the nursery 
of Mr. Henderson, Pine-apple Place, Edgeware Eoad. No particulars are known 
respecting its origin, or by whom raised, but from its mode of blooming and general 
growth we suspect it to be a hybrid betwixt D. caryophyllus and D. chinensis, the 
leaves and flower-stem resembling the former, and the flowers approaching those of 
the latter. 
It forms a very brilliant border plant, and is also well suited for pot culture, 
the flowers continuing to be produced for a considerable time. We have adopted 
the name by which it is known in the nurseries, and have no doubt of its becoming 
a general favourite with cultivators. 
It is increased by cuttings and pipings, put in at the same time, and in the 
same manner as those of the common Pink (D. plumarius), and requires similar 
soil and treatment. 
The generic name is derived from Dios, divine, and anthos, a flower, in allusion 
to the exquisite fragrance and beauty of the flowers of most of the species. 
