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The fcvcntli fore is the common Sv/eec W illiam, 

 which has been long cultivared in the garden, rbr or- 

 nament, of which there are nov/ great varieties which 

 difter in the form and colour of their flowers, as aho 

 in the fizc and fhape of their leaves ; thofe whicli have 

 narrow leaves were formerly titled Sweet Johns by the 

 gardeners, and thofe with broad leaves were called 

 Sweet Williams ; there arc fome of both theic forts 

 with double flowers, which ^re very ornamental plants 



in gardens. 



The eighth fort grows naturally in the fouth of France, 

 in Spain, Italy, and in England. This is an annual 

 plant, which rifes with an upright ftalk about a foot 

 high, garnilhed with narrow grafiy leaves, and is ter- 

 minated by a fmall head or cluflcr of pale red flowers, 

 which are included in one' common fcaly empale- 

 ment. Thefe have little beauty, fo the plants are 

 feldom kept in gardens. 



The ninth fort is a biennial plant, which rifes with 

 an upright ftalk a foot and a half high, having two 



lon-^ narrow leaves placed oppofite at each joint, 

 which embrace the ftalk with their bafe ; they are of 

 a deep green colour, ftiff, and end in acute points. 

 The flowers grow in clofe clufters at the top of the 

 ftalks, having ftiff bearded empalements ; they are 

 yellow and iron coloured intermixed on the fame 

 ftalk, and frequently they are of both colours in the 

 fame head. This plant flowers in July, and the feeds 



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The tenth fort came originally from China, fo it 

 titled the China Pink j the flowers of this have no 

 fcent, but there are a great variety of lively colours 

 among them j and of late years there has been great 

 improvements made In the double flowers of this fort, 

 fome of which are as full of petals as the double Pink, 

 and their colours are very rich. The plants feldom 

 grow more than eight or nine inches high, branching 

 out on every fide ; the branches grow ered;, and are 

 terminated each by a fingle flower. Thefe flower in 

 July, and continue in fuccefllon till the froft ftops 

 them ; they are commonly raifed every year from 

 • feeds, but the roots will continue two years in dry 

 ground. 



The eleventh fort is found growing naturally upon 

 old walls and buildings in many parts of England •, 

 this is a fingle fmall Pink, of a fv/ect odour, but of a 

 pale colour and fmall, fo makes no appearance ; and 

 fince the great improvement which has been made in 

 thefe flowers by culture, this has been entirely ne- 

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The twelfth fort grows naturally on the Alps. This 

 hath round, fhort, blunt leaves; the ftalks feldom 

 rife more than four inches high, each being terminated 

 by a fingle flower of a pale red colour. It is fome- 

 times prefefved in botanic gardens for the fake of va- 

 -riety, but is rarely admitted into other gardens.' ■ - 

 The thirteenth fort grows naturally in Germany and 

 Denmark ; the leaves of this fort are like thofe of 

 the narrow-leaved Sweet William ; ffie ftalk rifes 

 . . more than a foot high, and is terminated by a fingle 

 ,' flower, having five large petals of a pale red colour, 

 . which are cut into many long fegments.?^^ The' "roots 

 of this fort will live three or four years, but the fecond 

 '. year from feeds they are in greateft beauty,; there- 

 J .fere as the feeds ripen well in England, young plants 

 '. . Ihould be annually raifed. ■•■ - ' .::"^ •> ■ 



V The fourteenth fort is a very diminutive ptantj hav- 

 ing ftiort narrow leaves grov/ing in clofe heads ; the 

 ftalk feldom rifes fix inches high, which is tertiiihated 

 by a fingle flower, of a pale red colour, fo has little 

 beauty, therefore is only kept in botanic gardens for 



variety 



The forts here enumerated, are fuch as the botanifts 

 allow to be diftinft fpecies j and all the varietie^s of fine 

 flowers, which are now cultivated in the gardens of 

 the curious, are only accidental variations which have 

 been produced by culture -, and the number of thefe are 

 greatly increafed annually, in many different parts of 

 Europe ; fo that as new varieties are obtained, the old 

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Tl:c plants of tills j^cnus n-^nv be properly rr.-^v^'t 

 divided into three fectior.s. The fii It to mchuk all u.c 

 variety or Pinks, the \Woik\ nil the Carnations aiiJ 

 the third thoie of tlie Sweet WilHam ; for ahhou-h 

 thele agree lo nearly in their principal characters, ^i. 

 to be included v:nder the h\n'.c genus bvthe hotannts, 

 yet they never vary from one to the otlxr, thou<>h' 

 they frequently char>ge and \'ary in t!ie colour of tiieir 

 flowers. 



I Ihall now proceed to treat of thefe under their dif- 

 ferent feaions, and firft I ih:i\l begin with the Pink, 

 of which tliere arc a great variety now cultivated in- 

 the gardens ; the principal of which arc, the damafk 

 Pink, the white Shock, the Phcafant Eye, with dou- 

 ble and fingle fiowers, varying greatly in their fize 

 and colour; die common red Pink, Cob's Pink, 

 Dobfon's Pink, white Cob Pink, and Bat's Pink. 

 The old Man's Head, and painted Lady Pink, ra- 

 ther belong to the Carnation. 



The damafk Pink is the firft of the double forts in 

 flower. This hath but a Hunt ftalk ; the flov/er is not 

 very large, and not fo double as many others ; the co- 

 lour is of a pale purple, inclining to red, but is very 

 fweet. 



The next which flowers is the white Shock, which 

 was fo called from the whitenefs of its flowers, and 

 the borders of the petals being much jagged and 

 fringed ; the fcent of this is not fo agreeable as of 

 fome others. 



Then comes all the difi^erent kinds of Pheailxnts Eye, 

 of which there are frequently new variedes raifed, 

 which are either titled from the perfons who raifed 

 them, or the place where they were raifed ; fome of 

 thefe have very large double flowers, but thofe which 

 burft their pods are not fo generally dleemed. 

 The Cob Pink comes after thefe to flower j the ftalks 

 of this are much taller than thofe of any of the for- 

 mer i the flowers are very double, and of a bright red 

 colour ; thefe have the moft agreeable odour ot all the 

 forts, fo merits a place in every good garden. The 

 time of the Pinks flowering is from the latter end of 

 May to the middle of July, and frequently that fort of 

 Pheafant Eye, which is called Bat's Pink, will flower 

 again in autumn. 



The old Man's Head Pink, and the painted Lady, 

 do not flower till July, coming at the fame feafon 

 with the Carnation, to which they are more nearly al- 

 lied than the Pink. The firft when it is in its proper 

 colours, is purple and white ftriped and fpotted, but 

 this frequently is of one plain colour which is pur-' 

 pie ; this fort will continue flowering till the froft in 

 autumn puts a ftop to it, and the flowers having an 

 agreeable fcent, renders them valuable. The painted 

 Lady is chiefly admired for the livelinefs of its co- 

 lour, for it is not fo fweet, or of fo long continuance 

 as the other. " • 



The common Pinks are propagated either hy {eed^, 

 ' which is the way to obtain new varieties, or by mak- 

 ing layers of them, as is praftifed for Carnations -, or 

 by planting flips, which, if carefully managed, will 

 take root very well. 



. If they are propagated by feeds, there ftiould be 

 care taken in the choice of them, and only the feeds 

 of the beft forts faved, where the perfons are curious 



, to have the fineft flowers. Thefe feeds may be fown 

 in the ipring, and the plants afterward treated in the 

 fame manner as is hereafter direfled for the Carnation ; 

 with this difirrence only, that as the Pinks are lefs 

 tender, they may be more hardily treated. Thofe 

 v/hich are propagated by layers, muft be alfo ma- 

 naged as tlie Carnation, for which there are full in- 

 ftrudions hereafter given, 

 painted Lady Pinks, are commonly propagated this 

 way, but moft of the other forts are propagated from 

 flips. 



The beft time to plant the flips of Pinks is about 

 end of July, when, if there fl^ould happen raift, it 

 v/ill be of great fervice to them •, but if the weather 

 ftiould prove dry, they will require to be watered 



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