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most of the varieties, especially the Flakes and 

 Bizarres ; the former are those in which the 

 calyx or outer cup is long and of equal growth, 

 opening regularly each way only at lop, to 

 admit a free and equal expansion of the petals 

 all round : the flowers in these, though some- 

 what smaller, are more equally expanded, and 

 require less trouble in the management of their 

 bloom than in the Bursters. The latter are 

 those in which the cup is large, and as it were 

 swollen, being liable to burst on one side, and 

 permit the petal to break out and produce irre- 

 gular flowers, if care be not taken to prevent 

 it by tying, and opening the calyx a liul^: on 

 the opposite side. The IV hole Blowers are on 

 this account the more convenient for culture, 

 where much time cannot be spared in attending 

 to the flowers. 



The third species has numerous barren stems, 

 reclining, and putting forth roots, the flowering 

 stems from six to eight inches high, columnar be- 

 low, square at top, slender, weak, but usually 

 erect, sometimes simple, sometimes branched or 

 dichctomous, swollen at the joints, slightly pu- 

 bescent : the leaves are in pairs at each joint, 

 linear or subulate, nearly the length of the in- 

 ternode, converging to the stalk, and embracing 

 it at the base, slightly pubescent; those of the 

 barren branches narrower : the peduncles are 

 round, downy, from the ends of the stem and 

 branches, single, or two from the same joint, 

 each bearing one flower : the petals are toothed 

 at the edge, bright red above, pale beneath; but 

 according to Ray reddish, with a ring of deeper- 

 coloured dots surrounding the eye ; with dark 

 purplish teeth near the throat, and beset with 

 white silvery points, with hairs proceeding from 

 them: the petals vary much in colour, being 

 sometimes of a very pale flesh colour, sometimes 

 deep red, but always marked with a ring of 

 deeper red dots near the centre of the flower. 

 It is a native of Sweden, &c. 



There is a cultivated variety in gardens with 

 white (lowers, with a beautiful purple ring, and 

 leaves rather more glaucous than in the common 

 sort. 



Hie fourth species has the stems ascending, 

 a foot or eighteen inches in height, and branch- 

 ed ; the leaves of a grayish or glaucous hue, a 

 line and half wide, very sharp at the end : the 

 flowers one, two, seldom three, at the ends of 

 the branches, and sweet-scented : the calyx is 

 of a glaucous-green, longer than in the other spe- 

 cies : the petals large, light red or bright purple, 

 sometimes white, with a circle of red ; deeply 

 jagged, having a red down at the base of the 

 lamina or border. It is a native of Europe ; 

 flowering from June to August, and is pcren- 



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The fifth, accordina; to Dr. Smith, has a 

 woody root : the stalks' several, a span high, 

 erect, simple, smooth, quadrangular, having two 

 or three pairs of leaves on them, onc-llowered, 

 scarcely ever tw o-flowered : the leaves are linear- 

 lanceolate, bluntish, glaucous: the scales of the 

 calyx only one third of the length of the tube, 

 ovate-roundish, bluntly mucronate and striated : 

 the petals arc flesh-coloured, with a double row 

 of blunt notches, marked with lines, and beard- 

 ed at the base. It is a native of Switzerland. 



In the sixth, the flow tr-stcms are from six to 

 eight or nine inches high, branching out on 

 e\ery side; the branches grow erect, and are 

 terminated each by one (lower : the flowers have 

 no scent, but, having a great variety of colours, 

 they are a considerable ornament to the flower- 

 garden from July until the autumn : they have 

 been greatly improved by culture ; some flowers 

 being as full of petals as the best double Finks, 

 and display the most glowing and vivid red 

 colours. It is a native of China. 



Martyn observes, that the roots often last two 

 years in a dry soil ; but they are generally raised 

 from seeds annually. In the nursery-grounds it 

 is generally known by the name of Indian Pink. 

 Dr. Smith mentions having had a plant from 

 Mr. Sikes's, which seemed to be a mule between 

 this and the first species. 



There are varieties with red flowers, with pur- 

 ple flowers, with white flowers, with variegated 

 flowers, each single and double, and imperial 

 large-flowered. 



The serenth species has the stem a foot or 

 eighteen inches in height, procumbent at the 

 base, and then erect, round, somewhat two- 

 edged on the upper part, smooth, branching 

 only at lop : the leaves are like those of narrow- 

 leavedSweet-William, connate, lanceolate-linear 

 or linear subulate, acute, quite entire, bright 

 green, smooth, marked with lines and a rising 

 nerve, rough on the edge, green not glaucous : 

 the flowers are erect, usually two terminating 

 each branch, on short peduncles ; sometimes 

 there are more, and sometimes only one : petals 

 pale red, sometimes white, sprinkled with bloody 

 spots : they smell very sweet, especially in the 

 evening. It is supposed by some perennial, but 

 by others biennial, or annual. It succeeds best 

 in a calcareous soil. It is a native of Denmark, 

 &c. flowering in July and the following month. 



The varietits of pinks principally cultivated in 

 the garden are as below, flowering in the fol- 

 lowing order. 



The Damask Pink, which is the first of the 

 double sorts in flower ; it has but a short stalk ; 

 the flower is not very large, nor so double as in 

 many others ; the colour is of a pale purple, in- 

 cliningto red. It is very sweet in its smell. 

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