28 FLORA HISTORICA. 



PINK. Dianthus, 



Natural Order Caryophyllei. A Genus of the Decan- 

 dria Di^ynia Class. 



Each Pink sends forth its choicest sweet, 

 Aurora's warm embrace to meet 



Mrs. Mary Robinson. 



Aimable ceillet, c'est ton haleine 

 Qui charme et penetre mes sens ; 

 C'est toi qui verses dans la plaine 

 Ces parfums doux et ravissans. 

 Les esprits embaumes qu'exhale 

 La rose fraiche et matinale 

 Pour moi sont delicieux ; 

 Et ton odeur suave et pure 

 Est un encens que la nature 

 Eleve en tribut %-ers les cieux. 



M. Constant Dubos. 



The Pink, which is now made the emblem of lively 

 and pure affection, may be considered as a child of 

 Art ; for in no instance has the skill of the florist 

 been more successful, than in transforming an in- 

 siirnificant weed into one of the most deliMitful 

 plants which the lap of Flora contains. This 

 flower was entirely unknown to the Greeks, and 

 was also a stranger to the Romans until the time of 

 Augustus Csesar, when it was discovered in that 



