92 THE LADIES' FLOWER-GARDEN 
Sweet William was from Germany. Though not so showy as many of its brethren, it has a pretty effect when 
sown or planted in patches in a light sandy loam, where it will continue to produce a succession of flowers during 
the whole of the summer and autumn. It is propagated by seeds or pipings. 
5 DIANTHUS ARBUSCULUS, Lindl. THE SHRUBBY CHINESE PINK. 
ovate, leafy, erect, equal to the calyx in length, or sometimes much 
shorter than the calyx, and ending in a small cuspidate point. Petals 
toothed. 
SvNoNYMX The little Tree Pink. 
Engravings. — Bot. Reg. t. 1086 ; and o\iifig. 1 in Plate 21. 
Specific Character. — Flowers panicled, aggregate, or solitary ; 
leaves lanceolate, glaucous, and glabrous. Calycine scales four, broad. 
Description, &c. — This very handsome species has double flowers, and has never been seen in England 
in a single state. It is a native of China, whence it was introduced in 1824. It requires a little protection 
during winter, but it flowers freely in the open ground from July to October. It has a half shrubby stem, 
and is propagated by cuttings. 
SECTION II.— CARYOPHYLLUM. 
FLOWERS EITHER PANICLED OR SOLITARY. 
G.— DIANTHUS CAUCASICUS, Bieb. THE CAUCASIAN PINK. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag. t. 795 ; and owe Jig. 2 in Plate. 21. | solitary. Calycine scales ovate, awned, erect, shorter than the calyx. 
Specific Character. — Stem branched, smooth; flowers almost sessile, | Leaves awl-shaped, with scabrous margins. (G.Don.) 
Description, &c. — This species is a native of Mount Caucasus, whence it was introduced in 1803. The 
flowers are small, and the petals are so deeply cut at the margin, as to look almost fringed. The leaves are small, 
deeply-keeled, and very glaucous. It flowers in July and August. It is quite hardy ; and, like the common 
pink, it is generally propagated by layers. 
7.— DIANTHUS SYLVESTRIS, Jacq. THE WOOD PINK. 
Synonyhes. — D. virgineus, Sims ; D. rupestris, Lin. ; Caryo- 
phylluB sylvestris, Bauh. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag. t. 1740 ; and our fig. 3 in Plate 21, 
under the name of D. virgineus. 
Specific Character. — Stem branched or simple. Flowers solitary, 
or panicled. Calycine scales two or four, very short, ovate ; when 
four, the outer ones acute, and the inner ones bluntish. Petals very 
broad, beardless, toothed. Leaves crowded, awl-shuped, stiff. 
Description, &c. — This species, which is found in great abundance in rocky and stony places on Mount 
Jura and the neighbouring Alps, has been supposed by some botanists to be the wild carnation. The flowers 
have, however, no fragrance ; and the leaves, which are crowded together at the root, are short, awl-shaped, 
slender, and very stiff; while the stems are long and weak. The plant has a creeping root, or rather under- 
ground stem, which is very diflScult to eradicate when once it has taken hold of the soil. It is a native of 
Germany, whence it was introduced in 1814 ; and it is quite hardy if planted in a dry soil, though it is very 
easily killed by wet. 
8.— DIANTHUS PUBESCENS, Sib. and Smith. THE PUBESCENT PINK. 
Engravings. — Swt. Brit. Flow. Card., 2nd ser. t. 27 ; and our 
fig. 7 in Plate 21. 
Specific Character. — Stem ascending, villous, 2 — 5 flowered; 
flowers solitary ; calycine scales ovate, awl-shaped, only half as long 
as the tube; calyx striated, villous, clammy, with short teeth; leaves 
linear, villous. 
Description, &c. — The whole plant is thickly covered with a short dense pubescence. The stem is very 
