THE PINK. 109 



When the pipings have taken root, they must be 

 pricked out into a kind of nursery-bed, to get strength 

 and grow, till about the middle of September, which 

 is the customary time of planting them out in a bed, 

 where they are to remain to flower. 



It has been very frequently remarked that Pinks 

 moved and transplanted in the spring never do well, 

 nor show half the beauty which those do that were 

 planted in September ; the laced Pinks, in particular, 

 appear almost plain, and without their distinguish- 

 ing character. They should likewise never be suf- 

 fered to remain longer than two years in the same 

 spot and ground, without either change of soil or 

 situation. To say more concerning Pinks I conceive 

 wholly unnecessary ; for if you have attended with 

 any care to the directions given for the management 

 of the Carnations, you will be at no loss how to treat 

 them. 



