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Lady Pinks, with feveral others. 

 Thefe may be propagated by Layers, 

 as the Carnations, and many of them 

 by Cuttings planted in July, or from 

 Seeds, by which Method new Va- 

 rieties may be obtained. The man- 

 ner of fowing thefe Seeds being the 

 fame with the Carnation, I mail refer 

 back to that, to avoid Repetition ; 

 and (hall proceed to the China Pink, 

 which is a Flower of later Date 

 amongft us than any of the former ; 

 which, altho' it hath no Scent, yet 

 for the great Diverfity of beautiful 

 Colours which are in thefe Flowers, 

 with their long Continuance' in 

 Flower, merits a Place in every good 

 Garden. 



1. Caryophvllus Sinenfs fu- 

 pinus, leucoii folio, Jlore <vario. Tourn. 

 The variable China or Indian Pink. 



2. Caryophyllus Sinenjis fu- 

 pinus, leucoii folio, fore plena. Boerh. 

 lnd. The double China Pink. 



There is a great Variety of dif- 

 ferent Colours in thefe Flowers, 

 which vary annually as they are 

 produced from Seeds ; fo that in a 

 large Bed of thefe Flowers, fcarcely 

 two of them are exadlly alike, and 

 their Colours in fome are exceeding 

 rich and beautiful: we fhould there- 

 fore be careful to fave the Seeds 

 from fuch Flowers only as are beau- 

 tiful ; for they are very fubjedt to 

 degenerate fro.n Seeds. 



And the Seeds of the double Sort 

 will produce many double Flowers 

 again ; but the Seeds of the fingle 

 will fcarcely ever produce a double 

 Flower. 



Thefe Flowers are only propa- 

 gated by Seeds, which mould be 

 fown toward the End of March, in 

 a Pot or Box of good light Earth, 

 and fet under a Glafs to forward its 

 Vegetating ; giving it Water as 

 often as you (hall fee necefiary, and 

 }n about a Month's time the Plants 



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will come up, and be of fome Big- 

 nefs ; you muft therefore expofc 

 them to the open Air, and in a more 

 time after prepare fome Beds of 

 good freih Earth, not too ftifF, in 

 which you may prick out thefe 

 Plants, about three Inches fquare, 

 obferving to water and (hade them, 

 as the Seafon may require. 



In thofe Beds they may remain 

 until the Middle of June, at which 

 time you may remove and plant 

 them in the Borders of the Pi afure- 

 garden, being careful to preferve 

 as much Earth to their Roots as pof- 

 fible ; and in a Month's time after 

 they will begin to flower, and con- 

 tinue until the Froft prevent them. 

 About the Middle or Latter-end of 

 Auguf their Seeds will begin to 

 ripen, at which time you mould look 

 over them once a Week, gathering 

 off the Pods that are changed brown, 

 and fpread them on Papers to dry, 

 when you may rub out the Seed, 

 and put it up for Ufe. Tho' thefe 

 Plants are ufually term'd Annual?, 

 and fown every Year, yet their 

 Roots will abide two Years, if fuf- 

 fered to remain, and will endure the 

 greateft Cold of our Winters, if 

 planted in a dry Soil, and without 

 any Shelter, as I experienced, Anno 

 1728. at which time I had a large 

 Bed of thefe Flowers, which was 

 raifed a Foot above the Level 

 of the Ground; and although its 

 Situation was fuch, that the Sun 

 never (hone upon it from Ociober to 

 March, yet I had not one Root de- 

 ftroyed in the whole Bed, altho' it 

 Hood open, and without any Care 

 taken of it. 



I fhall now come to the Sweet- 

 Williams, where I fhall nrft give 

 the Names of a few of them, and 

 proceed to their Culture. 



1. Cahyophylius Wifi/*; /Jor- 

 tenfti latif alius, C. B> The broad - 

 S 3 leaved 



