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THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
many as a dozen huge blossoms on a single spike ; colour, deep 
rose-pink and deliciously fragrant. Mrs. Moreland is a deep 
pink, heavily marked in the centre with chocolate, clove- 
scented, and a continuous bloomer. Florence is a pure white 
with a conspicuous bright red eye, of robust habit. Brides- 
maid varies in colour, sometimes delicate pink, other times 
nearly white, very sturdy, and floriferous. Charles is a flesh 
pink, carmine centre ; Evelyn a white ground with pink lacing; 
and Southampton is compact in growth, producing freely large 
pink blossoms which have a crimson-maroon blotch. 
Mule or Hybrid Pinks are very interesting border 
and rock plants. They have green foliage, a tufted habit of 
growth, and neat single or double flowers. The principal 
kinds grown in gardens are : Atkinsonii, blood-red or crimson ; 
Lady Dixon, a cross between a Sweet William and a Clove Car- 
nation, reddish-crimson, fragrant; Napoleon III., an old free- 
flowering and pretty kind ; Greiveii, a cross between a Sweet 
William and a Laced Pink, rosy pink ; Superbus, crimson, 
fragrant. These Pinks do best in sandy loam on a sunny 
rockery, or on a well-raised border. They are impatient of 
damp. A little river sand and leaf-mould should be added to 
the soil. Plant in spring. Increased by division in autumn, 
also by cuttings in sandy soil in a cold frame in July and 
August. 
Alpine Pinks are numerous. They only grow a few inches 
high, and require to be grown on old walls or rockeries. D. 
alpinus is a native of Austria, grows 3 to 4m. high, and bears 
large, rosy flowers spotted with crimson in summer. Requires 
a sunny position and a sandy soil, mixed with small stones 
and old mortar. D. arenarius, native of N. Europe, spreading 
habit ; flowers white, spotted purple, summer, fragrant ; sandy 
soil on a sunny rockery. D. caesius (Cheddar Pink) is a 
native of Britain and Europe. It grows about 6in., and bears 
delicate rose and very fragrant flowers in June and July. Will 
grow freely in sandy soil on the margins of well-drained 
borders or on sunny rockeries. A charming species. D. 
■deltoides (Maiden Pink) is a native species of tufted habit; 
flowers rosy-carmine with purple spots, borne in summer. 
Grow in sandy soil on the margins of dryish borders or on 
sunny rockeries ; of easy cultivation. D. neglectus is a 
charming Alpine Pink, growing 2 to 3m. high, with grassy 
foliage, and bright rose flowers borne in summer. Should be 
grown in sandy loam on a sunny rockery. A native of the 
Pyrenees. D. superbus (Fringed Pink), a native of Europe, 
is a fragrant rose-coloured species, growing a foot high, and 
flowering freely in summer. It does well in sandy soil on 
warm borders or rockeries. Best treated as a biennial, rearing 
