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DiantTuus CARYOPHYLLUS. VARIETIES OF 
PICOTEES. 
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Class and Order. | 
DecanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—CanryoruyLLez. ) 
Generic Character. © 
Cal. cylindricus, 1-phyllus: basi squamis 4, Petala 5, 
unguiculata. Caps. cylindrica 1-locularis. 
Specific Character and Synonyms : 
Diantuus Caryophyllus ; caule ramoso, floribus solitariis, 
-squamis calycinis brevissimis ovatis submucronatis, 
petalis latissimis imberbibus, foliis lineari-subulatis 
canaliculatis glaucis. D.C. 
(a.) flore simplici. Hngl. Bot. t. 214. 
(8.) flore pleno. Sime ff 
petalis fulvis, apice plumbeo-maculatis. Close-House 
. Carnation, fo 1. NU I 
petalis lurido-purpureis. Mrs, Bewicke’s Carnation, 
Mrs. Bewicxe, of Close-House, Northumberland, hay- 
ing imported a considerable number of rare Carnations 
from Brussels, was kind enough to send us drawings 
of a variety of them, from which we have selected the two 
given in the annexed plate, as the most unlike any that 
we have hitherto seen. af 
If we occasionally trespass on the department of the 
Florist, we hope our readers will excuse us. In this in- 
Stance, the singular display of unusual colours amongst 
Picotees tempted us to select those here represented from a 
number of others. £ : 
The Picotee is a term, used amongst Florists, for those 
: varieties 
