july. We have before given the Wanner of making | every Soclve or fifteen Foot, with other Kinds July. 
indian RHE Hot-Bed for tender Annuals, and the-full Me- i between: ’tis thus they will attain their Perfeétion, : 
thod for their Culture. All that needs be obferved | and will fhew themfelves properly. When they. 
particularly for this, is, that the Heat of thie ‘are planted near, they ftarve one another; and 
‘Bed be moderate, and the Seeds well covered. — | they are too big to be feen agreeably, ifn not di- 
They may this Way be fown in February, which | ftiné. | e 
will be a great Forwardnefs to the Plants, and | When they are planted out | this laft sta 
‘will bring them to Flower at this Time, and con- | they muft have the Mould well broken to receive 
eae to ripen their Seeds perfectly and in full ; them; and they muft be largely watered till they 
Vigour; whereas thofe who raife them in the open | have taken Root; after which ona will oe no. 
Ground, are obliged to defer the Sowing till much | more Care. — 
later, and confequently the Plants flower late, and When they. are in full F lower, let faite: af thé 
we Seeds ripen poorly, fineft be. marked for Seed; and let it be carefully 
When. the Seedlings are two or three ihe ripened... and guarded, from Birds, for. fecuring 
‘keh. they mutt be planted out into another Hot- | the next Year’s Growth. fra 
Bed; and after a few Weeks they may be removed | The Number of Petals is uncertain in this 
nto a warm Border in the open Ground. -No | Flower ; sand, like other Kinds, it will be made 
Compott i is required forthem. The Plant ona | more double by good Culture. For this Purpofe, 
perfectly well in common Garden-Mould. ; the Flowers which have the moft numerous Petals, 
In the Beginning of May they will be ft for muft be marked for Seed; and after every Suc- 
tranfplanting into the Places where they are to | ceffion; the fame Care and-Condud being ob- 
flower. ‘They fhould be taken up with as much | ferved,. the Plants will from Year to Year flower 
of the Mould as will hang about their Roots, | in ereattr and gréater: Perfection. 
and fet in Borders among other large Plants; one ES 
BS ee GREAT FLAKE CARNATION. ae sere 
We have acquainted the Shadentk ina. sae 3 The Root is _<Siiipere ‘of numerous Tong and 
Pl. 45. Number, what is meant ‘by the Flake, ‘and ‘what | flender’Fibres. © -' toi BSS SLE 
by the Bizarre Carnation: thefe are ‘Gardeners | The Stalk is very Sp upright, round, joint 
Fig. 3. 
Terms, applied each in a general Manner to fe- 
veral Kinds of the Carnation, all the Offspring of 
one Stock, under the various Degrees of Culture 
and repeated Improvement. 
The Flake Carnations are thofe which haves dil 
two Colours, in Stripes; and are thence diftin- 
guifhed from the Bizarres, which have mote : 
this is one of the principal ; a very delicate and 
noble Kind, teats 4p 
The Authors who have written >on F lowers, 
have ‘defcribed it under the Names of Caryopbyllus 
albo purpureus, and Caryophyllus peramenus :\ the 
purple and white, and the:delicate Carnation.” 
Science refers it to the Clove Julyflower, from 
whofe Seeds it originally has rifen: and. this 
Linn aus calls Dianthus floribus folitariis, [quam- 
mus calycinis, fubovatis breviffimis, corollis cretatis : 
- Single-flowered Diauthus; with Meat oval Scales 
to the Cup, and indented Petals. 9. 
The Plant, in the Condition wherein we here'de- 
{cribe it, has great Superiority over the’ common 
Appearance, as well as in-the Flower. 
ed, ‘and two Foot” high.” 
“The Leaves are narrow, and ftand two ata 
Joint’; and the F lower is very ‘large and Ngee de- 
licate. ° (“UB £10 ‘ ‘3 
Phe Colotis’ are "sig two, a perfect White? 
aitd a deep glowing Crimfon : they are difpofed 7 
in’ Streaks, and that with a beautiful Regularity, : 
and they go through the Body of the Petals 
they are broad and waved, and finely fet off one 
another. rk DOV ASE 
oo/The Petals are numerous, broad; indented’ at 
the Tops, and they {pread freely in various 
Forms, ‘but make the outer Edge or Circumfe- 
rence of ‘the F lower round. 
‘The Cup ‘is double,’ 'as in’ the other Kinds! 
ontitie ofa few Scales, which make the outer 
Cup, and a long cylindrick Part, which is the 
inner, and which Florifts call the Pod of the 
Flower. 
The Culture of this Kind we thal give with 
that of the fucceeding. 
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