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This species of Dianthitf has been named 

 Barbatus, from the hairy or pointed scales of the 

 calyx. 



The easy culture of this plant, and its hardy 

 nature, which reconciles itself to almost every 

 soil and situation, has rendered it common to 

 every cottage garden, without lessening its 

 charms, for its varieties are so infinite that we 

 scarcely ever met with the same in any two gar- 

 dens, and when large clumps of them are in full 

 flower, their gaiety in mass is such as not to be 

 eclipsed by the proudest plant of the parterre, 

 whilst their individual beauty exhibits such lovely 

 dyes and finished pencilling as to defy imitation, 

 and we frequently find that the colours of the co- 

 rollas vary considerably on the sam.e branch. 



The seeds of these plants should be saved 

 from the finest varieties, both of dark and light- 

 coloured, and these should be sown annually, for 

 although they are perennial plants, they are sub- 

 ject to straggle and decay. The seed should be 

 sown about the beginning of April, on a border 

 of light earth, and in June they w^ill be fit to 

 transplant out, which should be done in clumps 

 as we have directed for Pinks, excepting that 

 they may form larger clumps, and those may be 

 placed more in the back ground than Pinks, and 



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