DIAN'THUS NIT'IDUS. 
SHINING PINK. 
Class. 
decandria. 
Natural Order. 
SILENACE^. 
Order. 
DIGYNIA. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration 
Introduced 
Carpath.M. 
6 inches. 
July, Aug. 
Perennial. 
in 1822. 
No. 950. 
The meaning of Dianthus has been previously 
noticed. Nitidus, (shining) from the Latin, points 
to the fact of the corolla having a glossy appear- 
ance, contrary from the Dianthus generally. 
This, like the greater portion of the Dianthus 
tribe, is an alpine plant, being a native of that 
grand Hungarian boundary, the Carpathian 
Mountains, and is said to be found at the termina- 
tion of the Beech-tree forests, which are so exten- 
sive in some of the European alpine districts. 
Plants of the Natural Order, Caryophyllese, of 
Jussieu, are found more abundantly in cold than 
warm districts; according to Humboldt, they con- 
stitute but a twenty-seventh of the Flora of Ger- 
many, whilst of that of Lapland they amount to a 
seventeenth of the whole. 
Dianthus nitidus is hardy, but it is best cultiva- 
ted with the alpine plants; like others of its family 
it loves a dry situation, and to accommodate it in 
this particular, the pots should be one third tilled 
with drainers, and the soil be sandy peat and loam. 
It may be increased by division, or from seeds, 
but not abundantly. 
