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Dianthus chinensis or Indian Pink
Dianthus chinensis. China or Indian Pink
Class and Order
Decandria Digynia
Generic Character
Calyx cylindricus, 1-phyllus: basi squamis 4. Petala 5, unguiculata.
Capsula cylindrica, 1-locularis
Specific Character and Synonyms
DIANTHUS chinensis floribus solitariis, squamis calycinis subulatis
patulis, tubum æquantibus, corollis crenatis. Lin. Syst. Vegetab.
p. 418. Sp. Pl. 588.
CARYOPHYLLUS sinensis supinus, leucoji folio, flore unico.
Tournef. act. 1705. p. 348. f. 5.
This species,
unknown to the older botanists, is a native of China, hence its name
of China Pink; but, in the nurseries, it is in general better known
by the name of Indian Pink.
Though it cannot boast the agreeable scent of many of its congeners,
it eclipses most of them in the brilliancy of its colors; there are
few flowers indeed which can boast that richness and variety found
among the most improved varieties of this species; and as these are
easily obtained from seed, so they are found in most collections,
both single and double.
It is little better than an annual, but will sometimes continue two
years in a dry soil, which it affects.
Attempts have been made to force it, but, as far as we have learned,
with no great success. The Botanical Magazine or Flower-Garden
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