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same time; perfectly hardy like the others. This is im- 
ported in about ten varieties; colors similar to the last, 
viz: pink or rose, white, grey, violet, blue, striped, spot- 
ted, etc. : 
DIANTHUS.—Punx. 
[The name of Dianthus is of Greek origin, and signifies the Tlower of Jove; 
which name -is, according to some, bestowed ‘upon the flower for its beauty; 
others say from its fragrance. That distinction is surely just, which exitesa 
donbt only for which of its good qualities it is conferred. French, eéllet.} 
Most of the species of this genus are highly valued, not 
only for the beauty and fragrance of the flowers, but also 
as being evergreens; their foliage during winter, being as 
abundant and as vivid asin summer. The fragrance of 
some of the species is peculiarly grateful, and no plant in 
this repect surpasses the Clove, and some other varieties 
_ of the Pink. 
Diafithus Caryophyllus.—Clove Pink and Carnation.— 
There is no flower more desirable in the flower-garden 
than the Carnation. A well-grown, superior variety, can- 
not be surpassed in elegance, beauty, or odor, by any 
other flower; yet we scarcily ever see it in perfection. 
Its cultivation in our climate is attended with many diffi- 
culties, which may account for itsrarity. Our winters are 
too severe, and springs too changeable, to keep it in perfec- 
tion in the open ground; and then our summers are too 
dry and hot for’ the full development of its beauties. 
Seedlings stand the winter and spring without difficulty, 
with a light covering of leaves and evergreen boughs, and 
flower very well; but then not one plant ina hundred will 
be considered worth saving by the florist, although they 
will all be interesting as single, semi-double, or irregular 
flowers, and richly repay all the labor. Valuable varieties 
are generally propagated from layers, which often keep 
