PICOTEE. 179 



Of picotees there are many sorts, chiefly dif- 

 fering in their colour and various markings; 

 viz. besides the common ones in every English 

 garden, there are yellow and purple ; yellow and 

 dark red; yellow and scarlet, &c. They are 

 much cultivated on the Continent, particularly 

 those having a yellow ground colour : and such 

 of them as have been introduced here appear to 

 be more delicate in constitution than our com- 

 mon sorts, and require a drier atmosphere than 

 our climate usually affords. Therefore they 

 should have the driest place in the frame in 

 winter, and never be too much watered. vYhen 

 they are more generally known and propagated 

 in this country, their habits may becom.e robust, 

 and their cultivation better understood. Mr. 

 Hogg advises them to be grown in compost like 

 that made up for piping and layering carnations. 



The common picotee being a flower of the 

 greatest diversity of colours and variety of mark- 

 ings by accident, gives reason to imagine, that it 

 would be particularly susceptible of impressions 

 from the hand of the curious florist. It is worth a 



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