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Pinks and the Pheasant’s Eye Pinks, while D. plu- 
marius gave rise to the double white Pinks with 
fringed petals. These are probably suppositions, for 
most of the modern garden Pinks have a strong 
family likeness, and, judging from the immense 
number of varieties and forms into which the Carna- 
tion has varied there seems littl2 reason to doubt 
BORDER PINK MRS. LAKIN. 
that all the modern forms of Pinks have descended 
from D. plumarius. 
Uses of the Pink. 
The dwarf habit of the plant, the dense cushion 
of whitish sea-green toliage, the beautifully formed, 
double or single flowers of varied colours, and, above 
