112 AN EXTENSIVE LIST OF PINKS, IN REPLY TO E. H. 



Some of these occur in Tyso's catalogue, but I have put them all 

 down to let E. H. know what kinds he may expect to find in Northum- 

 berland when he takes a journey " over the border." 



Many of the kinds here enumerated are surpassingly beautiful ; 

 indeed their ground colours are so pure and their edgings so perfect, 

 that the admirer of this tribe of flowers may with justice say that in 

 their production Nature has employed her ablest and most favoured 

 artist. But E. H. will find that that many of the smallest kinds, 

 such as "Westlake's Hero," " Lord Archibald Hamilton," " Wailes's 

 Beauty," &c, lace best, though they are least esteemed by amateurs 

 on account of the few petals which they contain ; while those with 

 very thick pods, such as " Unsworth's Omega," " Bexley's Beauty," 

 &c, though they have far more petals, and consequently rise higher 

 in the centre, or, to use a florist's phrase, crown better, and are more 

 prized by competitors on that account, yet they lace much more im- 

 perfectly, and are so apt to burst their pods out at one side that it is 

 near akin to an impossibility, even with all the bandages and care 

 that a competitor can use, to preserve them in a state fit to be pre- 

 sented for competition. 



The hardy nature and easy propagation of the Pink, either by 

 layers or pipings, may with great propriety establish its claim to the 

 appellation of "The Poor Man's Flower," while its unassuming 

 beauty and delightful fragrance make it a decided acquisition either 

 in the flower garden or the drawing-room bouquet. 



These few remarks will, I trust, not be considered inappropriate 

 when addressed to a person who is inquiring after a list of good pinks, 

 and who is probably only beginning to form his collection of them. 

 But I have no doubt, Mr. Editor, that you are considering them 

 long enough, and the above lists sufficiently extensive ; and as I feel 

 sure that E. H. will find them satisfactory, I shall not trespass farther 

 upon your space at present than to assure you that I continue a sin 

 cere well wisher to vour Floricultural Cabinet. 



