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hair pencil and brush them off This plant is frequently 

 injured by the earwig and caterpillar destroying the flower 

 buds ; if you find your plants troubled with them, you 

 will readily find them on the plant after night, and they must 

 be destroyed, or your flowers will ; therefore, watch them 

 regularly, for it is a common occurrence to have the buds 

 destroyed in one or two nights. 



CHINA PINK. 



(DIANTHUS CHINENSIS.) 



" On me such beauty summer pours, 

 That I am covered o'er with flowers." 



This herbaceous biennial is a native of China, and 

 flowers all the summer ; it is quite ornamental, and was 

 imported into Europe one hundred years ago, and is easily 

 propagated from seed. The stem branching, flowers soli- 

 tary, scales linear, leafy, petals rather smooth and jugged, 

 leaves linear lanceolate, thrives best in a rich soil. The 

 beauty of this flower ought to make it a general favorite 

 with amateurs. This pink is deficient in odor ; are we to * 

 this simple circumstance to attribute such wilful neglect ? 

 if nature has withheld a fragrance, their beauty compen- 

 sates for that deficiency, which is not the case in all flowers, 

 nor is there a sameness in the flower, their colors differ- 

 ing materially. This plant exhibits a wonderful diversity, 

 more so than any in cultivation, which is a great recom- 



