186 Select Carnations, Picotees, and Pinks. 
all, their grateful and delicious fragrance are recom 
mendations that endear the Pink in the heart of 
every true lover of flowers, and those who have once 
been enamoured of it and cultivated a few varieties 
will ever retain a haunting remembrance of the 
flowers of their early days. 
The florists’ or laced Pinks are usually grown in 
beds for convenience of attending to them in the 
matter of shading and shelter when they come into 
bloom. A frame light or sash is sometimes placed 
over them, and that greatly increases the size of the 
flower and its purity. The Pink may also be grown 
in borders, either as single plants, patches, or clumps. 
No more interesting way of growing them is there 
than as an edging to long borders on either side of 
a walk. The Carnation in far too many instances 
has partly or entirely lost its scent ; not so the Pink, 
for every one is more or less strongly redolent of 
the original. What can be more charming than long 
lines of Her Majesty or Mrs. Sinkins, with their pro- 
fuse mass of blossom, like snowdrift leading up the 
approach to the cottage, villa, or mansion? The 
spicy whiff of odour arising from them is more than 
sufficient alone to recall their presence. 
Pinks may also be cut for use in the dwelling, a 
few of them in sma:. glasses or epergnes being sufh- 
cient to brighten the room or fill it with their 
aromatic delicious fragrance. In bygone days Pinks 
were exceedingly popular for exhibition purposes, 
chiefly the laced varieties, beloved of the florist. For 
symmetery and beauty of marking few florists’ 
flowers were more perfect. Many societies or their 
equivalents at one time existed for the encourage- 
ment of those who grew them or were engaged in 
the raising of new and improved varieties. Several 
shows a year were held in some towns and centres 
where the Pinks held sway in the hearts of artisans, 
mechanics, weavers, amateurs generally, and florists. 
An attempt was made in London to revive the oid 
love, by the holding of exhibitions, the first show 
taking place at the Royal Aquarium on June 27th, 
1890, but only a few shows were held owing to the 
lack of support. Nevertheless, a revival of the old 
love is growing, fostered by the general utility of the 
flowers for garden decoration in June, in advance of 
the Carnation. Border varieties as well as the 
charming laced varieties are receiving a growing 
measure of attention. 
Another point in favour of the Pink, and which 
