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ANALYSIS OF THE PINK. 
You have next to compare your plant with each genus, until 
you find it described. Y’ou find first, 
“ Hydrangea. Calyx 5 toothed , superior j our calyx is 5 
toothed, (see the notches around the top of it,) but it is not su- 
perior, that is, it does not stand upon the germ. You must go 
to the next genus. 
“ Saxifraga. Calyx 5 parted, half superior ,” but your calyx 
is not half superior, or partly above the germ. Y'ou must go 
to the next genus. 
“Saponaria. Calyx inferior, (under the germ ;) 1 leafed, 
(all of one piece;) tubular, (long and hollow like a tube;) 5 
toothed ,” — so far the description agrees with the Pink ; next, 
“ calyx without scales .” In this particular your flower does not 
correspond with the description, therefore you must go to the 
next genus. 
Dianthos. Calyx inferior, cylindrical, (much the same as 
tubular;) 1 leafed, with four or eight scales at the base ; petals 
five, with claws, (long and slender at the base ;) capsule cylin- 
drical, 1 celled, (having no partings ;) dehiscent, (opening at 
the top.) Your flower agrees exactly with every particular in 
this description, therefore vou may be certain that you have 
found the true generic or family name of the Pink, which is 
Dianthus. 
But there are several individuals or species in this family. 
You wish to know to what species of Dianthus the Pink belongs. 
Specific description. 
Turn to the Alphabetical Aixangcment of Genera, where 
the species of each Genus are described, and look for Dianthus. 
Now compare the desciiption of each species with your flower; 
“ armeria, flowers aggregate, ” (in a thick cluster;) this does 
not agree ; you must look further ; barbatus, " flowers fasci- 
cled (crowded together) but your flower grows singly on each 
stalk; “ caryophyllus, flowers solitary, scales of the calyx sub 
— (partly) — rhomboid, (diamond shape;) very short, petals 
crenate, (scolloped on the edge ;) beardless, (without any hair 
or down.) 
1 T our flower, 5 r ou will see, is in all respects answerable to this 
description. It is also added that the “leaves are linear ,” which 
signifies long, and of nearly equal width; 11 subulate'' signifies 
pointed at the end like a shoemaker’s awl ; “ channelled ” signi- 
fies having a groove or channel running through the leaf. Al- 
though your drawing gives only a representation of the flower, 
third step — fourth step. 
