ae 
fiom the difference of variegation into four claffes: as flakes 
having two colours only, and their ftripes pals gong = 
Bizarres, with flowers ftriped va 
riegated wit or four different aie in ieepilee 
{pots and ftripes. Piquettes, having a white. ground, {potted 
or need with fearlet, red, purple, or other colours. 
‘Paned ladies, with the petals of a red or purple rae on 
the upper fide, and entireiy white underneath. nd each of 
thefe clafles have numerous [ub-varieties, aoa ie ahied: 
which was ae! in moft efteem w vs fiorifts; but o 
years the s have been in greate u 
poaubale te ouimerat their {uberis as they are not by 
any mean pees 
ae to ane the weight of the flower without hargirg 
con nt the flower at leatt not tefs than from thirty to forty- 
: the petals = formed, long, broad, ftiff, 
znd pretty ealy expa ae : s the flonfts term it, make 
of the flower not a 
the colours bright, ead soa marked pe over the eae : 
the flower ver ender it 
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o 
o 
outer eis o 
other in fuch a man 
beauties may meet ie eye together they fhould be newly 
flat, or at moft have a {mall degree of inflection at the broad 
“ end; their edges perfectly etre. Baer notch, fringe, or 
indenture. The c alyx fhould be at leaft an inch in length, 
{ufficiently ftrong at top to keep a bates of the petals ina 
clofe and circular body ; the colours diftin@, and the ftripes 
regular, ore —? to the claw of the petal, and 
there endin Almoft one-half of each petal 
fhould be ofa cleat ae fee from {pots.’” Thefe properties 
‘upon a ftand or ft 
der to produce the oan effet, and by protecting them to 
continue longer in beauty 
The double Bae pies as being more large and beautiful 
‘in their colours, fhould be principally cultivated. €0 
them, ef{pecia lly re burfters, are extremely large, as three or 
four se in diameter over the crown, or top part. 
However, whole blowers and burfters are common to moft 
of the sancti, efpecially the flakes and bizarres ; ; ihe for- 
mer are thofe in which the calyx or outer cup is By ~ of 
equal growth, opening regularly each way o top, 
to admit a free and equal expantfion of the oi v1 ca 
the flowers in thefe, thou omewhat [{maller, are 
equally a anos ne ah a lefs trouble in the management 
of their bloom t e burfters. The latter are thofe 
in which the cup is an ree, ae as it were, {wollen, bing liable 
to burit on one fide rmit th al to break o and 
‘convenient - eae oie ‘auch time cannot be {pared in 
oe to the flowers, efpecially at the timeof their blowing. 
O third fpecies, there is a cultivated variety in 
xT 
more t 
Tt is by this method that new varietics are produced. Al- 
4D 
f the fixth. sige Martyn obferves, the roots 
e purfery grounds, it is ge- 
; . Ed- 
Smith mentions having a plant rae Mr. 
Sikes’s, which feemed to be a mule eee this and the 
firft {pecies 
And there are varieties, with red flowers, with purple 
flowers, with white flowers, with variegated flowers, each 
fingle and doubie, and imperial large-flowere 
Of the feventh fpecies, the varieties principally culti- 
a aa the 
woy 
m feeds 
no 
r) 
Q me 
i 
is not very large, nor - double as in many ot 
lour is of a pale purple, inclining to red. [ti is very (wee 
in its {mell. The white fhock, which is thus denomi- 
nated from the aca he its flowers, and the borders 
: the flower- 
ave very large double flow 
ers; thofe which burft their pods are the Ica efteemed. The 
have firm flower items, eight or ten inches high; the flowers 
large, whitith, or blufh-coloured, with dark purple {pots in the 
middle. ‘That fort of pheafant’s A called bat’s pink, of- 
ten flowers again in autumn. The cob pink, the ftalks of 
r than inthofe of the former forts ; 
m the latte 
The ‘old-man’s-head pink, a 
lady, flower in July, at the fame time with he 
which they are more nearly allied than to the oak T he frit, 
when in its proper colours, is purple, and white, flriped, and 
{potted ; but it is frequently of one plain colour, as purple: 
it continues flowering till the froft in ou puts a flop to 
it; and the flower having aa agreeable {cent, renders it va- 
] maple. The 7 is chiefly admired for ae livelinefs of its 
mott perfection and beauty. 
in the Saweet- ‘Wiliam kind. —The fingle 
or beginning of ie. following: months 
either over the ie or in flight drills, covering it in well : 
when the plants have attained a proper growth, asabout the 
latter end of June, they fhould be removed and fet out on 
other {mall beds, prepared for a at nue 7 fix 
or eight inches diftant each way, wa tering them 
thoug gh 
