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which never leaves it, however incessantly it in- 

 clines to quit its artificial adornment to take its 

 own simple attire. Haddock, lays down as the 

 criterion of a fine double Pink, that " the stem 

 should be strong, elastic, and erect, and not less 

 than twelve inches high ; the calyx rather smaller 

 and shorter, but nearly similar in form and pro- 

 portion to that of a Carnation, as well as the 

 formation of the flower, which should not be less 

 than two inches and a half in diameter; the 

 petals should be large, broad, and substantial, 

 and have very fine fringed or serrated edges, 

 free from large, coarse, deep notches or inden- 

 tures ; in short, they approach nearest to per- 

 fection when the fringe on the edge is so fine as 

 scarcely to be discernible ; but it would be con- 

 sidered a very desirable object to obtain them 

 perfectly rose-leaved, i. e., without any fringe at 

 all ; the broadest part of the lamina, or broad 

 end of the petals, should be perfectly white and 

 distinct from the eye, unless it be a laced-Pink, 

 that is, ornamented by a continuation of the 

 colour of the eye round it, bold, clean, and dis- 

 tinct, leaving a considerable proportion of white 

 in the centre, perfectly free from any tinge or 

 spot ; the eye should consist of a bright or dark 

 rich crimson, or purple, resembling velvet, but 

 the nearer it approaches to black, the more it is 



