Begin with Antirrhinum, Dianthus, Phlox Drummondii, Stock, and Verbena.

Sempervivum tectorum in abundance, Statice armeria, Ammone vernalis, Dianthus carthusianorum, with other sand-plants, were growing there.

Even within the limits of the same genus, for instance in Dianthus, these two opposite cases occur.

It was scorched absolutely brown, thistles-especiallyyellow-floweredones-aloneshowing signs of life, along with a pretty, dwarf Dianthus.

Nearly every form and colour of Dianthus are popular favourites, and hardly any garden is without some of them.