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1 wer part were bitten off, and furnishing an excellent ex- 



1 of the premorse root. The leaves are perfectly pedate, 



ain ? f rom five to nine lobes. Another large and showy 



• es with yellow flowers, is V. pubcscens ; and V. Canadensis, 



t 11 violet, with white or light blue petals with yellow bases, 



' considered one of the most beautiful of the whole genus. 



The smallest, most fragrant, and most delicate of our native 



„;«« is V. blanda. whose sweet white flowers, streaked with 



1 nder veins of blue, are seen at this season near every brook 



S ' No plants are more changeable in their characters than the 

 Violets ; all their parts being more or less influenced by acci- 

 dents of situation, soil and season. In consequence of this 

 circumstance, considerable confusion has arisen, some botanists 

 naming as distinct species, what others consider mere varieties. 

 Indeed, it would be difficult to find two precisely similar 

 descriptions of a single species. 



THE PINK. 



On the same plate with the Violet, we have figured a pretty 

 and delicate species of Pink, remarkable for its deeply 

 fringed petals. For the genus Dianthus itself, and another 

 species, the reader is referred to page 60, in the February No. 

 of this work. The present species was introduced here, in 

 order to give an opportunity for some promised directions as to 

 the cultivation of these favorite plants, and more especially of 

 the Carnation. The species from which have sprung the nu- 

 merous varieties called by the general name of Carnation, is 

 the Dianthus ca^ophyllus. This plant is found wild in some 

 parts of England, growing among old ruins, and in greater 

 abundance on the south side of the Alps and Pyrenees. It 

 has been cultivated in most parts of Europe, from time imme- 

 morial, and has always been in the greatest favor from its 

 beauty and fragrance. From Germany and Italy, where it is 

 cultivated to the greatest extent, are procured some of the best 



