82 THE FLOWER GARDEN COMPANION. 



I have often seen very fine specimens of flowers produced 

 from seed of this variety ; and in some cases having the de- 

 lightful fragrance of the clove, in connection with a good 

 double flower. 



The Prize Pink. The one recognized as a florist flower, 

 is rarely seen in cultivation in this country; nor is it likely 

 ever to become a favorite to the general cultivator, owing to 

 its habit being too tender to withstand our dry summers and 

 severe winters. This is owing to the high state of perfection 

 the plants are brought to by amateurs ; and, like the Carna- 

 tion, Tulip and all prize florist flowers, they have a tendency 

 to return to their primitive state, sooner or later, unless they 

 have every attention paid to them, as a florist flower. But 

 when the Pink is kept in a state of perfection by the amateur 

 florist, there is nothing I am acquainted with so perfectly in 

 unison with a highly cultivated flower garden. 



There is not a flower that I am acquainted with, of so 

 domestic a nature as the Pink. It should be planted near the 

 front, or the windows, of the dwelling ; for its agreeable fra- 

 grance, and neat habit, are always inviting, and I earnestly 

 hope so pretty a flower will find many admirers in every part 

 of the Union. 



The Garden Pink flourishes in a loamy soil, with a portion 

 of well rotted manure, that from the cow-yard is the best ; and 

 the choice tender kinds should be partially protected in the 

 winter. The method of propagating the choice kinds of 

 Pinks is by pipeings, and by layers. 



The pipeings are the young shoots or grass of the plants, 

 which are taken from the plants in the month of August or 

 September, by taking them between the finger and thumb, 

 and gently pulling them out of the socket of the shoot, of 

 the length of three or four joints. The top of them is then 

 partially cut off, level, with a sharp knife, and they are 

 every way like a cutting, only they need not be cut at a 

 joint, or cut level at the bottom with a knife, but are simply 

 pulled out of the pipe of the stalk, and hence the name pipe- 



