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But to return from these digressions to the cuhi- 

 vation of the Pink: — we must first observe that 

 new varieties can only be raised from seed, and 

 tliat when favourite kinds are so procured they 

 may be increased by pipings ; and althougli we 

 may have a sufficient number of these plants, this 

 practice must not be neglected, as old woody plants 

 frequently degenerate or perish during the winter. 

 During the winter of 1821-2, which was unfavour- 

 able to Pinks, more than half of those flowers in 

 the country lost their character ; so that the sum- 

 mer of 1822 produced only White Pinks, except- 

 ing the old lied Pink, which has given name to a 

 kind of rose-colour, and this variety we observed 

 retained its natural colour in all situations. 



Mr. Hoirs:, a successful cultivator of this and 

 some other flowers, says that Pinks should never 

 be suffered to remain longer than two years without 

 either change of soil or situation; and that when 

 they are moved or transplanted in the spring they 

 never do well, or show half the beauty which those 

 do that are planted in September; the laced Pinks, 

 in particular, appear almost plain, and without 

 their distinguishing character. 



The soil recommended by Maddock for Pinks is 

 '' a good fresh loamy soil, dug and comminuted 

 about two feet deep, and manured with a stratum 

 of cow-dung, two years old, mixed with an equal 



