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or base of the petal, there terminating in a fine 

 point. Each petal should have a due proportion 

 of white, /. e., one-half, or nearly so, which should 

 be perfectly clear and free from spots. Bizarres, 

 or such as contain two colours upon a white 

 ground, are esteemed rather preferable to Flakes 

 which have but one, especially when their colours 

 are remarkably rich, and very regularly distri- 

 buted. Scarlet, purple, and pink are the three 

 colours most predominant in the Carnation ; the 

 two first are seldom to be met with in the same 

 flower, but the two last very frequently. When 

 the scarlet predominates, and is united with a 

 paler colour, or, as it sometimes happens, with 

 a very deep purple upon a white ground, it con- 

 stitutes a Scarlet Bizarre, of which there are 

 many shades and varieties, some richer, and 

 others paler in their colours, as is the case with al 

 the rest. Pink Bizarres are so called when the 

 pink abounds. Purple Bizarres when the purple 

 abounds : Crimson Bizarres consist of a deep 

 purple and rich pink. When the Pink Flake is 

 very high in colour, it is distinguished by the 

 appellation of Pi-ose Flake ; but some there are 

 so nearly in the medium betwixt a pink and a 

 scarlet, that it can scarcely be defined to which 

 class they belong. In addition to the foregoing 

 varieties, there is a sort held in great esteem by 



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