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THE CARNATION. 



manifested among all ranks throughout the king- 

 dom, by whom it is equally cherished and cultivated. 

 Hear what that political Proteus, yet clever writer, 

 Mr. Cobbett, says of a Carnation, to which he attri- 

 butes beauty and fragrance in the highest degree. 

 ' Some persons may think that flowers are things of 

 ( no use that they are nonsensical things ; the same 



* may be, and perhaps with more reason, said of 

 ' pictures. An Italian, while he gives his fortune 

 ' for a picture, will laugh to scorn a Hollander, who 



* leaves a tulip-root as a fortune to his son. For my 

 ' part, as a thing to keep, and not to sell, as a thing, 



* the possession of which is to give me pleasure, I 

 ' hesitate not a moment to prefer the plant of a fine 

 ' Carnation to a gold watch set with diamonds.' 

 And he continues, f Those who have once seen a 

 ' bed of beautiful Tulips, Carnations, or Auriculas, 

 ' enjoy during life the delightful sight in recollection.' 



The effect produced by a number of Carnations 

 together is undoubtedly striking ; and it is beauty in 

 masses only that can produce such an effect. 



The Clove Gilliflower, or the true Old Clove, a& 



