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smiill slicks in the places, to prevent their being disturbed by the 

 spring digging of the ground. 



The only culture the plants in general require after they appear, 

 is that of thinning them in a proper manner, according to circum- 

 stances, and keei)ing them free from weeds. And in the pcrcnial 

 sorts removing the stems in the autumn. 



'J'hese plants afford much ornament and variety in the diflcrcnl 

 compartments of pleasure-grounds, and they succeed in most soib 

 and situations, being of hardy growth. 



2. DIANTHUS BARBATUS. 



SWEET WILLIAM. 



This genus lurnishcs plants of the herbaceous flowery orna- 

 mental kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Dccandna Digi/nia, and ranks in 

 ihe natural order of Cari/op/ii/llei. 



The characters are: that the calyx is a c^lindric perianthium, 

 tubular, striated, permanent, five-toothed at the mouth, surrounded 

 at the base with four scales, of which the two opposite are lower: 

 the corolla has five petals, cknvs length of the calyx, narrow, inserted 

 into the receptacle: border flat; the plaits outwardly wider, obtuse, 

 crenate: the stamina consist of ten subulate filaments, length of the 

 calj'x, with spreading tips: anthers oval-oblong, compressed, incum- 

 bent: the pistillum is an oval germ: styles two, subulate, longer 

 than the stamens: siigmas bent back, acuminate: the pericarpium is 

 a cylindric capsule, covered, one-celled, gaping open at top four 

 ways: the seeds a great many, compressed, roundish: receptacle free, 

 four-cornered, shorter by half than the pericarpium. 



The species chiefly cultivated in the garden are: 1. D.harbatus, 

 Sweet William, or Bearded Pink; 2. D. carj/ophillits. Clove Pink, or 



Clove Gillitiower; 3, D. dcltokks, Coinmon or Madder Pink; 4. D. 



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