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the summer of 1822 produced only White Pinks, 

 excepting the old Red Pink, which has given 

 name to a kind of rose-colour, and this kind of 

 Pink we observed retained its natural colour in 

 all situations. 



Mr. Hogg, a successful cultivator of this and 

 some other flowers, says that Pinks should never 

 be suffered to remain longer than two years with- 

 out either change of soil or situation, and that 

 when they are moved or transplanted in the 

 spring, they never do well, or show half the 

 beauty which those do that are planted in Sep- 

 tember ; the laced Pinks in particular appear 

 almost plain, and without their distinguishing 

 character. 



The soil recommended by Maddock for Pinks 

 is *' a good fresh loamy soil, dug and comminuted 

 about two feet deep, and manured with a stratum 

 of cow-dung, two years old, mixed with an equal 

 proportion of earth : this stratum to be about six 

 inches thick, and placed five or six inches below 

 the surface, is all the preparation or compost that 

 appears necessary for this flower ;" but Emmerton 

 says that " Pink-beds should be top dressed in 

 the spring, if you have a desire to excel in blooms, 

 with some old night-soil, or sugar-baker's scum, 

 finely sifted and sown over it," and he adds, that 

 the strong blowing plants should not be allowed 



