76 LITTLE GARDENS 
Pinks.—The common white Pink and the variety Mrs. Sinkins 
are among the most charming flowers a little garden can possess. 
They are unsurpassed as edging plants, both in summer, when their 
leaves are smothered in blossom, and at ail other times of the year 
owing to the quiet beauty of the grey foliage. Pinks thrive best in a 
well drained soil ; alight soil is preferable to a heavy one ; in clayey 
soil they often perish during winter. They are commonly increased 
by pipings or cuttings, taken in late June or early July, and inserted 
SHOWING HOW PINK CUTTINGS ARE PREPARED AND INSERTED. 
in sandy soil under a handlight out of doors in a shady place. A 
simple and quite satisfactory method of raising a stock of Pinks is 
to divide the old plants in late September or early October, aud replant 
the pieces, taking care to make the soil firm about them. Those 
known as scedling or garden Pinks are also valuable plants. They 
give a profusion of blossom on long stalks, are most fragrant, and 
variously coloured. Seed is sown in May to produce flowers the 
next summer, and the seedlings may be treated as advised for Car- 
nations. The Indian or Chinese Pink is a brilliant hardy annual, 
and seed is sown where the plants are to bloom. : 
