TREATISE 



ON THE 



GROWTH AND MANAGEMENT 



CARNATION. 



ITS NAME AND DISTINCTIONS. 



OF all the flowers that adorn the garden, whether 

 they charm the eye by their beauty, or regale the 

 sense of smelling by their fragrance, the Carnation 

 may be justly said to hold the first rank. 



PERDITA. The fairest flowers o* the season 

 Are our Carnations, and streaked Gillyflowers, 

 Which some call Nature's bastards : of that kind 

 Our rustic garden 's barren j and I care not 

 ^ To get slips of them. 



POLIXINES. Wherefore, gentle maiden, 



Do you neglect them ? 



Shakspeare's Winter's Tale, Act IF. 



The stateliness of its growth, the brilliancy and 



diversity of its colours, and the sweetness of its per- 



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