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DIANTHUS HORTENSIS. 



COMMON PINK. 



Class, DECANDRIA. Order, DIGYNIA. 

 Natural Order, CARYOPHYLLE 



The pink is cultivated every where, often 

 being the principal ornament of the cottage 

 garden. Its manner of growth, flowering, cul- 

 tivation, and propagation, are all similar to the 

 carnation. 



For the purpose of forcing, for sale, or for 

 placing in conservatories, green or dwelling 

 houses, they are kept in pots ; but for flowering 

 in perfection they are planted on prepared beds 

 in the open ground. 



Although pinks may be propagated by layers, 

 it is seldom such care is bestov/ed ; they striking 

 so readily by pipings. 



