88 REMARKS ON THE PINK, ETC. 



Lancashire Pink growers. If the growers in this county have not 

 heen so fortunate as to have raised Pinks to suit the fancy of Mr. 

 Ibhett, he ought not to condemn them, hut rather, as a professed 

 admirer of the Pink, applaud the attempts which have heen made in 

 Lancashire ; and as he appears to know in what the florists in this 

 part are defective, it would have been a better course of conduct to 

 have given the particulars of the system pursued by the Pink growers 

 of the south. If a more friendly feeling existed amongst the florists, 

 it would greatly tend to promote the advance of floriculture. The 

 culture of flowers is my favourite hobby-horse, and I hope the day is 

 far distant when 1 shall have to dismount. Mr. Ibbett will, I hope, 

 say if the gentleman he has sent Pinks to for three seasons together 

 is an exhibitor, as we shall then know if it is any criterion to go by ; 

 for some gentlemen only fancy Pinks having plenty of petals, without 

 paying any regard to the confused state of the flower. This, I am 

 inclined to think, is the character of most part of the London raised 

 Pinks ; at least it is the case of many I have grown. I am this year 

 growing all the pet sorts from the south, amongst which are the 

 following : —Alpha, Model, Dr. Coke, Dean Swift, Champion, Navi- 

 gator, Henry Creed, President, Ne Plus Ultra, Coronation, Wilmer's 

 Queen, Duke of Wellington, Hodge's 166, Mary Ann, Lady Flora 

 Hastings, Wonder, Gem, Earl of Uxbridge, One in the Ring, Queen 

 Victoria, Nelson's Glory, Prince Albert, Beauty of Cray, Countess of 

 Stanhope, Omega, and several other south Pinks. I have great faults 

 to find with many of them, of which I shall remark in some future 

 Cabinet. At the blooming season I intend to make notes of all, and 

 then state my opinions, without being prejudiced to one sort or 

 other. 



I beg to inform Florista, the standard by which we judge Pinks 

 in Lancashire is as follows : — The lace to go through to the outer 

 edge of the petal, without being entirely edged with a margin of 

 grey ; the moon's pure white, to have the points go well to the 

 shoulder of the petal, without the eye and lace meeting too abrupt, 

 which would cause the moons to be spade shaped, which is a great 

 drawback upon any Pink ; the petals thick, edge fine, pod good, and 

 the eye and lace of the same colour. Such flowers are fine to look 

 upon, and I am proud to say that Lancashire florists have raised 

 Pinks which come to the above standard. 



