. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 478 DIANTHUS DICENTRA 11. alpinus, Linn. Very dwarf, the 1-fld. stems rarely reaching more than 3-4 in. high, more or less prostrate: foliage dark shining green; fl. 1 in. or more across, deep rose or purplish and crimson spotted, a darker ring around the eye. Russia to Greece and Swiss Alps. 1205. Gn. 26:
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 478 DIANTHUS DICENTRA 11. alpinus, Linn. Very dwarf, the 1-fld. stems rarely reaching more than 3-4 in. high, more or less prostrate: foliage dark shining green; fl. 1 in. or more across, deep rose or purplish and crimson spotted, a darker ring around the eye. Russia to Greece and Swiss Alps. 1205. Gn. 26:455; 47, p. 292; 45, p. of the choic- est of alpine and rockwork plants. BBB. Calyx-bracts leafy and spreading. 12. glaci&lis, Haenke. Three to 4 in. high, the stems tufted and usually 1-fld.: Ivs. green, narrow-linear and pointed, somewhat serrulate: fis. small and odorless, red-purple; the petals toothed. Mts. of S. Eu. II. 21:809.—A pretty species, but difficult to establish. Grown among alpine plants. 13. Chin§nsis, Linn. (J». Sinensis, Hort.). Fig. 702. Perennial, cespitose, glabrous, more or less creeping at base: stem forking, angled and more or less grooved, pubescent: Ivs. broad and nearly flat or slightly trough- shaped, 3-5-nerved: fls. large, solitary or more or less clustered, pink or lilac; the petals {at least in the wild) barbed or hairy towards the base; calyx-bracts 4, in some cult. vars. short. —China and Japan; but recent au- thorities consider a European Pink to be but a form of it, and thereby extend its range west to Portugal. The Anioor Pink (1>. dentosits, Fisch.) is a form known as var. macrosSpalus, Franch.: it is a hardy border plant, 1 ft. high, with bright red fls. and a spot at base of each petal. J), semperfldrens, Hort., is a hardy perennial form, 12-18 in., with silvery foliage and deep pink, red- eyed, fragrant fls. D. Chinensis has given rise to a beautiful and variable race of garden Pinks, var. H6d- dewigi, Regel (
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