THE PINK loi 



wonder that it has not already been more largely 

 considered. Here and there a good Pink appears, 

 but there is nothing like the number and variety there 

 might be. 



Of the florists' Pinks there are but a limited number 

 that are really useful garden plants. Ascot is a good 

 Pink, and we want more of the same type and degree 

 of merit. An Ascot of a rather different tone of pink, 

 clearer, and with less of the purple quality, would be 

 a great gain. The double flowers that come from the 

 old white Pink, such as Mrs. Sinkins and Her Majesty, 

 are capital garden flowers. In some soils they are 

 perfect, but they often burst the calyx from being too 

 tightly packed in the petals. This is a point that raisers 

 should carefully watch ; a Pink may easily be too 

 double. These useful varieties are just a little too full. 

 Probably in some soils — calcareous, slaty, or loamy 

 — they may have vigour enough to build up a calyx 

 that does not split, but in the lighter soils that suit 

 them less well the defect is extremely apparent. A 

 white Pink halfway between these and the common 

 white would be a useful plant. 



A type that often shows itself in seedling Pinks 

 is sometimes pretty, but not altogether satisfactory. 

 It has petals of flimsy substance, deeply fringed, and 

 much too tightly packed. It generally has a weak 

 purple centre. This deep fringing and thin substance 

 habitually go together. 



A good Pink of the old " black and white " pattern is 

 much wanted. Whether this true old plant is still in 

 existence seems doubtful, for repeated appeals to the 



