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as in many others; the colour is of a pale j)iirple, inclining lo red. 

 It is very sweet in its smell. • • 



The IVhitc Shock, which is thus denominaled from the whiteness 

 of its flowers, and the borders of the petals being much jagged and 

 fringed: the flower-stalks are eii>;ht or ten inches in heiiiht. Its scent 

 is not so agreeable as in some other sorts. 



The Fheasant's Ei/e, of which there are diflcrent varieties, and 

 frec^uently new ones introduced, some of which have very large 

 double flowers; those which burst their pods are the least esteemed. 

 They have firm flower-stems, eight or ten inches high: the flowers 

 large, whitish, or blush-coloured, with dark j)urple spots in the 

 middle. That sort of Pheasant's Eye called Bafs Pink often flowers 



aoam in autumn. 



The Cob Fink, the stalks of which are much taller than in those of 

 the former sorts; twelve or fifteen inches high ; the flowers very double, 

 and of a brio;ht red colour ; it has the most aorecable odour of all the 

 sorts ; flowering fiom the latter end of JMay to the middle of July. 



The Old Blaii's Head Pink, and the Fainted Lady, flower in July, 

 at the same time with the Carnation, to which tliey are more nearly 

 allied than lo the Pink. 'Jlie first, when in its proper colours, is 

 j>urple and white striped and spotted, but it is frecjuently of one plain 

 colour, as purple: it continues flowering till the frost in autumn puts 

 a stop to it, and the flower having an agreeable scent renders it va- 

 lualjlc. The latter is chieflj' adniired for the liveliness of its colour ; 

 as it is not so sweet, or of so long continuance, as the other. 



'J'he Clove Pink has a large deep red flower, aftbrding a strong 

 scent of tlic Clove. 



Martyn thinks it probable that the Red Pinks take their rise from 

 the Carnation, Avhilst the Pheasant's Eye Pinks seem to derive their 

 origin from the fourth. Some give them all as variations of the 

 third ; which is not, he conceives, likely. 



There are single and double flowers of each of these sorts. 



Culture. — Though the culture in these ornamental ))lants is eifccled 

 without much diflicully, considerable attention is necessary in the 



