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THE PINK. 



OF SEED. 



To save seed from Pinks, you must extract tHe 

 flower-leaves when they begin to wither, and pursue 

 the same plan as is recommended with respect to 

 Carnation seed. 



Davey's Venus and Incomparable, Dakin's Bur- 

 dett, Turner's Regent, and Brown's Beauty, are fine 

 flowers to save seed from. 



To the above short account I beg leave to add a 

 letter on the culture of Pinks, which, in the year 

 1821, I had the honour of addressing to Joseph 

 Sabine, Esq., Secretary to the London Horticultural 

 Society : it was approved by the Council, and or- 

 dered to be printed in their Transactions of that year. 



' Sir : I feel obliged to you for the favourable 



* opinion you were pleased to express of the few spe- 

 4 cimens of Pink Blooms (for which I received the 



* Banksian medal), which I had the honour to 



* exhibit at a late meeting of the Horticultural So- 

 ' ciety. The health of the plants, and the beauty of 



