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THE BE A UTY OF THE GARDEN. 



The scientific name of this beautiful family of plants, whose 

 rich dyes are not less conspicuous than their Sabaean odours, 

 is Dianthus, or " Flower of God." They form a genus of the 



FIG. 79 " When I "haunted the gr^en lanes of a Devonshire village. " 



natural order Carophyllaceae ; the calyx is tubular, and five- 

 toothed j there are five petals, which at the throat of the 



