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Cabinet, also a few specimens in flowers, properly labelled, to any 



who may require it, and by which a judgment may be formed of the 



merits of each kind. 

 Preston, 4th May, 1844. 



ARTICLE III. 



REMARKS ON THE PINK. 



BY MR. THOMAS 1BBETT, FLORIST, BUM.-KIEI.DS, WOOLWICH, KENT. 



"Errors alone needs artificial support — truth can stand by itself." 



Tn the Number of the Floricitltural Cabinet for April last, I 

 find in Articles 5th and 6th some observations on what I had written 

 in the previous Number, the former by " Florista," the latter by 

 Mr. William Dent, of Preston, Lancashire. To those two gentlemen 

 I beg to observe, it is not my intention to retract, in the smallest 

 degree, any statement I therein advanced, but on the contrary, shall 

 endeavour to show that I am not alone in that opinion. I consider, 

 however, in the first place, I am not bound to answer persons any 

 question which they may think proper to ask, except in substantiating 

 my remarks as positive facts. Prior to my seeing the Cabinet for 

 April last, (not having called for it till the 8th,) I received a letter 

 from a gentleman in the north, dated 3rd April, requesting me to 

 forward some specified sorts of Pinks, among which were Norman's 

 "Henry Creed," and Unworth's "Omega;" in conclusion to his 

 letter, he made some remarks in allusion to the article I had written, 

 of which, by his permission, I now take the opportunity of inserting 

 a verbatim copy, viz. : — " I am glad you have given the Lancashire 

 florists a hint about their Pinks, as their taste is perfectly ridicu- 

 lous. We got many of their sorts here a few years ago, but threw 

 them all away after one season, they were so small. The most of 

 them had only two rows of petals, and that will do nothing for Felton ; 

 we must have them large, full, and well crowned, or they are of no 

 use here. I think there is no difference between your taste and ours, 

 and I am glad ynu have said so in the Cabinet." A few days after 

 I received this, I sent to the gentleman to know if he would allow 

 me to insert his remarks in the Cabinet. I received the following 

 reply : — " I have no objection whatever to your using my remarks on 

 the Lancashire Pinks in your next article in the Cabinet, as I know 

 full well thai my opinion of (hem is quite correct. What I have seen 



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