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DIANTHUS HORTENSIS. 



COMMON PINK. 



Class, DECANDRIA. Oudeu, DIGYNIA. 

 NATuitAL Ok»er, CARYOPHYLLE^. 



The pink is cultivated every where, often 

 being the principal ornament of the cottage 

 garden. Its manner of growth, flowering, cul- 

 tivation, and propagation, are all similar to the 

 carnation. 



For the purpose of forcing, for sale, or for 

 placing in conservatories, green or dwelling 

 houses, they are kept in pots ; but for flowering 

 in perfection they are planted on prepared beds 

 in the open ground. 



Although pinks may be propagated by layers, 

 it is seldom such care is bestowed ; they striking 

 so readily by pipings. 



