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to that of a Carnation, as well as the formation of 

 the flower, which should not be less than two inches 

 and a half in diameter ; the petals should be large, 

 broad, and substantial, and have very fine fringed 

 or serrated edges, free from large, coarse, deep 

 notches or indentures : in short, they approach 

 nearest to perfection when the fringe on the edge is 

 so fine as scarcely to be discernible ; but it would 

 be considered a very desirable object to obtain them 

 perfectly rose-leaved, i. e., without any fringe at 

 all ; the broadest part of the lamina, or broad end 

 of the petals, should be perfectly white and distinct 

 from the eye, unless it be a laced Pink^ that is, 

 ornamented by a continuation of the colour of the 

 eye round it, bold, clean, and distinct, leaving a 

 considerable proportion of white in the centre, per- 

 fectly free from any tinge or spot : the eye should 

 consist of a bright or dark rich crimson, or purple, 

 resembling velvet ; but the nearer it approaches to 

 black, the more it is esteemed : its proportion should 

 be about equal to that of the white, that it may 

 neither appear too large nor too small." 



Although our forefathers might not have car- 

 ried refinement so far as to have laid down rules 

 for the government of our admiration towards 

 flowers, yet we find Professor Martyn wrong when 

 he states that the Pink had not attracted any no- 



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