DIAN'THUS AGGREGA'TUS. 
AGGREGATE PINK. 
Class. Order. 
DECANDRIA. DIGYNIA. 
Natural Order, 
SILENACE^. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
■ Duration. 
Introduced 
Unknown. 
1 foot. 
June & May. 
Biennial. 
in 1817. 
No. 764. 
Dianthus, see No. 65. The single variety of 
Dianthus aggregatus appeared in the fifth volume 
of Sweet’s Flower Garden, but we are not aware 
of any'figure of the double-flowering plant having 
hitherto been published. There are few, however, 
even in this attractive genus, which are more 
deserving of such attention. 
Dianthus aggregatus, in its single state, has 
been known for several years in our nurseries, but 
its native country has never been referred to, which 
increases the probability that it is a garden variety 
of Dianthus barbatus. However this may be, some 
of the first botanists of the age have described 
it as a distinct species. Judging from the plant 
itself, and the freedom with which our Sweet-wil- 
liam sports into beautiful variety, we are much in- 
clined to consider it a descendant of this species. 
We esteem it no mark of disparagement if this 
plant be a variety of Dianthus barbatus, or Sweet- 
william, for very few of the old standard plants of 
our gardens are more deserving of attention. It 
has of late fallen into unmerited neglect, not as a 
consequence of its want of beauty, but from the 
