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THE FLORIST AND TOMOLOGIST. 



save of dead or broken wood. Every spray is trained-in, and the three Roses 

 have nearly occupied the large space which the old White held possession of 

 for many years. I believe it to be the best of all parents for all spring and 

 summer Roses, but have not yet tried Perpetuals upon it. I will only add that 

 several fine buds are now formed on the Cloth of Gold branches ; Isabella 

 Gray is vigorous and covered with blooming shoots, but the buds are always 

 rather later and not yet developed. Amicus. 



P.S. — I may observe that the outer petals of the Cloth of Gold flowers are 

 very pale ; but for beauty and size they are all that can be desired. 



DIANTHUS HYBRIDUS MULTIFLORUS. 



WITH AN ILLUSTRATION. 



Tins is a mule Pink, but it is quite unlike any other mule Pink with which 

 we are acquainted, and is one which we think deserving of being introduced to 

 general cultivation on account of its free-flowering and free-growing habit, and 

 the pleasing colour of its abundant fragrant blossoms. We are indebted to the 

 Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son, of St, John's Wood, for the specimens from 

 which our figure and memoranda are derived. 



The foliage of this plant is that of the Carnation, minus the glaucous 

 coating which covers it — that is to say, the leaves are tufted, narrow, and 

 grass-like, but they are of a deep full green instead of being covered with a 

 glaucous bloom. The flowers, which are freely produced and produced in 

 succession, are of a lovely rosy colour and very sweet ; they are small but 

 double, and sufficiently numerous to be effective. The plant is of continental 

 origin. One of its parents has evidently, we think, been the Carnation or 

 Clove, the fragrance of which it retains ; and from its successional flowering 

 habit, we may probably conclude that it is one of the Perpetual-flowered race 

 of Carnations from which it has been produced. When planted out in the 

 open borders, for which purpose it is well adapted on account of its vigorous 

 sturdy habit, it forms a dense compact tuft of dark green herbage, attaining 

 some 6 or 8 inches in height from the surface of the ground. From amongst 

 this herbage there are produced, to the height of a foot or more, numerous 

 flower-stems, sturdy and freely branched, bearing a profusion of gay, rosy 

 crimson, sweet-scented flowers, which are of varying shades according to their 

 ao-e. These flowering-stems are sent up almost continuously in succession ; the 

 free, vigorous constitution of the plant insuring a supply of young successional 

 growth throughout the season. For all decorative purposes, except that of 

 strictly formal geometrical gardening, we consider this mule Pink to be a very 

 -appropriate and welcome subject. 



As a pot plant for spring-flowering it is, we know, very useful and efficient, 

 growing freely in an ordinary frame or greenhouse, and coming into flower in 

 the latter situation without any artificial aid by the end of April. It forces 

 well, and with established plants there is no lack of flowers. It is, moreover, 

 an excellent subject for bouquets, for which its sweetness is, of course, an 

 additional recommendation. 



The Pink is more decidedly perennial in habit than other mule Pinks which 

 have appeared in cultivation, and it produces an abundance of " grass," or 

 young leafy shoots, by means of which it may be propagated to any extent 

 with great facility. These two characteristics, combined with its successional 

 flowering character, its sweetness, its lively colour and its profusion of bloom, 

 fully justify us in recommending it for general cultivation as a decorative plant 

 of the useful order. 



