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guished by having a white ground, pounced or 

 spotted with purple, rose, red, or other colours. 

 These classes are again sub-divided, as Pink 

 Flakes, Scarlet Flakes, Purple Flakes, Yellow 

 Flakes, ^c, and the Picotees and Bizarres run 

 through the same changes almost to an endless 

 amount. Mr. Hogg, who published a treatise on 

 the Carnation in 1820, gives a catalogue of about 

 three hundred and fifty sorts, so arranged and 

 named after some great personages, all of which 

 were in his possession when he pubHshed his 

 work ; and we hope to hear that both Mr. Hogg's 

 treatise and collection of plants may induce not 

 only amateur florists but market-gardeners to be- 

 stow more attention on the propagation of these 

 delightful flowers, as they will be sure to find 

 not only praise but a price in the market, al- 

 though they may not be quite perfect, according 

 to the rules laid down to guide our admiration, 

 which says, of a perfect Carnation, '' The stem 

 should be strong, tall, and straight, not less than 

 thirty, or more than forty-five inches high ; the 

 foot-stalks supporting each separate flower should 

 be strong, elastic, and of a proportionate length. 

 The flower should be at least three inches in 

 diameter, consisting of a great number of large 

 well-formed petals ; but neither so many as to 

 give it too full and crowded an appearance, nor 



