The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . ay, And, glowing mid the purple morn,Adds fragrance to the new-born day. Oft by some mouldering time-worn towerOr classic stream he loves to rove, Where dancing nymphs and satyrs blitheOnce listened to the notes of love. Sweet flower, beneath thy natal skyNo favring smiles thy scents invite ; To Britains worthier regions fly, And paint her meadows with delight. The Dianthus when first discovered had only from four to five petals, the colorsbeing only red and white, emitting a fragrant odor, but cultivation has altered theshades and
The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . ay, And, glowing mid the purple morn,Adds fragrance to the new-born day. Oft by some mouldering time-worn towerOr classic stream he loves to rove, Where dancing nymphs and satyrs blitheOnce listened to the notes of love. Sweet flower, beneath thy natal skyNo favring smiles thy scents invite ; To Britains worthier regions fly, And paint her meadows with delight. The Dianthus when first discovered had only from four to five petals, the colorsbeing only red and white, emitting a fragrant odor, but cultivation has altered theshades and doubled the petals, so that we now have them fringed; large and globular;striped and variously spotted. Many varieties are in general cultivation. Some of themost prominent I will name. In this class we have the well-known Carnation, and Picotee Pink, and Sweet-Wil-liam, which need no description, being so familiar with us all. Dianthus Chinensis is ahardy biennial of great beauty ; blooms the first season from seed. The colors are The S)ianihus Family. 109. Dianthus Hedde^wigii Diadematus fl. pi. -=»5^!3s&iaa=iaitB=^= no ^ JVen^ Grape—The Cunni7igham. rich crimson, often approaching to blackish purple, which are often edged with white,pink, and other colors ; growing about twelve or fifteen inches high. The flowers areperfectly double. Dianthus Chinensis Heddewigii. This is comparatively a new variety, growingabout a foot high and very bushy. Sometimes as many as thirty or forty flowers are atonce in blossom. The flowers are very large, from two to three inches in diameter,and of great beauty; for variety and brilliancy of color no other pink excells it; thepredominating colors are, white mottled with rose, purplish red with dark centre, velvetycarmine crimson, dark blood-red mottled and shaded with maroon, and velvety black ;flowers well from seed the first season—flowers double and single. Dianthus Chinensis laciniatiis. A beautiful fringed or cut variety with pure whit
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