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beautiful. It was found by Labillardiere, upon the highest points of Mount Lebanon, and introduced in 1831, 
from Dr. Fisclier of the Botanic Garden at St. Petersburg. The plant grows about four feet high ; and it 
requires a warm dry situation, and a light loamy soil. It is increased by cuttings, layers, or pipings ; though 
it requires some care to make them take. The species has not yet ripened seeds in this country, probably from 
the late period of its flowering. 
13.— DIANTHUS FISCHERI, Spreng. DR. FISCHER'S PINK 
Engravings. — Swt. Biit. Flow. Gard, t. 245 ; and oxnjiy. 3 in I crowded corjmbs. Cnlycine scales ovate, cuspidate-acuminate, erect, 
Plate 22. only half the length of the tube. Petals much cut, hair/ at the 
Spkcific Chaiiacter.— Stem erect, paniculately bi'anched, flowers in | throat. Leaves lanceolate, serrulately-rough. 
Description, &c. — A showy plant producing a great abundance of fragrant flowers. The stem, which grows 
about eighteen inches high, is much branched ; and both stem and branches are covered with a rough pubescence. 
The flowers are large and crowded, forming large crowded corymbs. The margin of the leaves is quite rough, 
with cartilaginous teeth ; and the petals are bearded at the throat. The species is a native of the south of 
Russia, introduced in 1820 ; and it is quite hardy in British gardens, if planted in a dry soil, though it is liable 
to be injured by wet. It is propagated in the usual way by seeds, cuttings, pipings, or layers. 
14.— DIANTHUS SUPERBUS, Lin. THE SUPERB PINK. 
Specific Character. — Flowers panicled ; calycine scales very short, 
acuminate. Corolla much cut into hair-like divisions. Stem erect. 
Synonymes — Caryophyllus sylvestris, Clus ; C. plumarius austri- 
acus, the feathered Pink of Austria, Park. 
Engraving. — Bot. Mag. t. 297. 
Description, &c. — This very elegant plant is remarkable for its delightful fragrance ; its fringe-like petals ; 
the long slender tube of the calyx, and the shortness of the calycine scales. The species has white flowers ; but 
there is a variety, the flowers of which are purple. The fragrance of this species is so powerful, that Parkinson 
describes it as " comforting the spirits and senses afar off." The cut flowers are not, however, suitable for a 
nosegay ; as from their extreme delicacy they soon fade. The species is a native of Germany, and other parts 
of Continental Europe, whence it was sent to England before 1596 ; and it is quite hardy in British gardens, 
though, as it is a short-lived plant, it should be propagated every second year by seeds or layers, the seeds being 
gown in spring. The flowers appear in August, and continue till October. 
16.— DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS, Lin. THE CARNATION, OR CLOVE PINK. 
Synonyme. — Clove Gilly-flower. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag. t. 39 ; and our Jigs. 1 to 4 in Plate 23. 
Specific Character. — Stem branched ; flowers solitary ; calycine 
scales four, very short, ovate, rather mucronate ; petals very broad; 
leaves linear, awl-shaped, channelled, glaucous. (G. Don.) 
Varieties. — D. C. 2 flore pleno, Dec. The double carnations and 
picotees. D. C, 3 fruticosus, i>ec. The tree carnation. D. C. 4. 
imbricatus, Dec. The wheat-ear carnation. D. C. 5 Carduious, Ser. 
The whole plant is covered with hollow prickles. Of the common 
double carnations and picotees there arc many sub-varieties. 
Description, &c. — The wild Carnation, of which there are two kinds, one with rose-coloured flowers and 
of a dark crimson, is found in Britain, growing on old stone walls, and sending down its long slender roots among 
the mortar, in cracks between the stones. Thus, it is found in abundance on the ruinous walls of Rochester and 
Deal Castles, and on the walls of Norwich and other fortified towns. The variety called the Wheat-ear 
Carnation, is remarkable for its calycine scales, which are numerous and scale-like, being '.aid over each other 
