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THE LADIES’ FLOWER-GARDEN 
S. ORIENTALIS, Lin. 
Also a native of the Levant, which has been in cultivation in Britain since 1732 ; it is a low plant, with very 
small purplish flowers. 
All the kinds require a light dry sandy soil, and to be sown where they are to remain. 
GENUS III. 
GYPSOPHILA, Lin. THE GYPSOPHILA. 
Lin. Syst. DECANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Generic Character. —Calyx campanulate, angular, somewhat 5-lobed, with membranous margins. Petals 5, not unguiculate. Stamens 10. 
Styles 2. Capsule 1-celled—(G. Don.) 
Description, &c. —This genus differs from Silene and Saponaria in the calyx being campanulate, and not 
tubular, and in the petals being not decidedly unguiculate. The name of the genus expresses lime-loving, and 
consequently all the plants belonging to it prefer a calcareous or chalky soil. Their flowers are generally small 
but pretty, and the plants themselves are quite hardy and of easy culture. 
1, —GYPSOPHILA VISCOSA, Murr. THE CLAMMY GYPSOPHILA. 
Specific Character. —Flowers fastigiately-corymbose ; branches divaricating ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, smooth, cordate at the base, and clasping 
the stem ; space of stem between the leaves clammy in the middle; petals retuse ; segments of the calyx broad, obtuse.—( G• Don.) 
Description, &c. —This is the commonest kind of Gypsophila , and it is very frequently planted on rock- 
work. The flowers are pink or white. It is a native of the Levant, and was introduced in 1773. The seeds 
may be purchased in any seed-shop, and they should be sown on the rock-work where they are to remain in 
April. 
2. —GYPSOPHILA ELEGANS, Biel). THE ELEGANT GYPSOPHILA. 
Specific Character. —Flowers dichotomously-panicled, glabrous; petals emarginato, twice as long as the calyx and stamens ; leaves lanceolate, 
somewhat fleshy.—(G. Don.) 
Description, &c.— A very pretty little plant with a pink flower, differing from G. viscosa chiefly in the 
leaves being narrower, and acute at both ends. It is a native of Tauria, and was introduced in 1818. The 
seeds may be procured at Charlwood’s, and in other seed-shops ; and, like those of all the species of Gypsophila. they 
should be sown in a dry soil—chalky if possible, but if this be not practicable, it should be gravelly or sandy. 
This species is well grown in Lee’s nursery, Hammersmith. 
OTHER SPECIES OF GYPSOPHILA. 
G. SAXIFRAGA, Lin. 
This is supposed to be the same as Dianthus saxifraga. It has rose-coloured flowers and fibrous roots. It 
is a native of Europe in stony or rocky places, and it is well adapted for rock-work. 
