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THE PINK AS A POI PLANT. 
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Daphnis. — A beautiful deep violet, resembling an Aster in form ; tbe centre is furnished with close 
and straight petals, which are turned up at the mai'gins, and resemble slender quills ; the rest of the 
flower is open, and well formed ; fully an inch in diameter. 
Le Feu Toilet. — Flowers of a beautiful crimson ; petals cuneiform, tinged with yellow near the base, 
having few stamens ; fuUy an inch in diameter. This is very richlj'- colom-ed. 
Mignonette. — Flowers very double, of a lilac colom- ; petals reflexed, almost imbricated ; the centre 
of the flower presents a deep cavity by the petals being close and numerous ; nearly half an inch in 
diameter. 
Le Pi/ffmee.^-The colour is yellowish, somewhat resembling Gnaphalium bracteatnm ; petals 
reflexed, a little cuneiform, having a canity at the centre ; no stamens ; about half an inch broad. 
Cora. — Colour silvery ; petals very broad at the cu'cumference, diminishing towards the centre in 
length and breadth, inclining to pm'ple ; fully half an inch in diameter. 
Pieciolina. — Of a rosy white colour under the petals, wliich arc very broad at the cu'cumference, 
somewhat rounded, reflexed ; few or no stamens, very regular in form ; fully thi-ee-quarters of an inch 
in diameter. 
Cujiidon. — Colour, a light crimson ; petals much jiressed against one another ; no stamens at the 
centi'e ; an inch in diameter. 
JMif/nardise. — Very small flowers, of a light lilac colour, arranged in a Ranunculus form ; a very 
free flowerer ; no stamens ; three quarters of an inch broad. 
Venusta. — Flowers rather well formed, of deep lilac colour ; petals bifurcate, from five to six series, 
nearly pui'ple below, and lilac above. This has the appearance of a China Aster ; florets very distinct, 
and more numerous than the petals ; fully an inch in diameter. 
Nini. — Small in comparison with some of the others, with crimson flowers ; the petals and florets 
are of the same colour, sometimes they are slightly tinged with yellow, flowers straight (upright) ; 
fully an inch in diameter. 
La Ruche. — Tliis variety has long peduncles ; flowers of a clear lilac colour, having two ranges of 
very long and broad petals ; the florets at the disk are of Ulac, much larger than in the other varieties ; 
has some resemblance to the Anemone japonica ; about an inch and a quarter broad. 
Pomponnette. — A very pretty variety, with light lilac-coloured petals, which are somewhat spread- 
ing, acute, and only five or six series ; the florets form an ovoid sphere, and are whitish ; the stamens 
yellowish, merging to the Klac as they become older ; a free flowerer ; about an inch in diameter. 
Myrtille. — This is of the yellow colom- of Gnaphalium bracteatum, having four series of petals at 
the cu'cumference; the centre is full of florets, forming a round disk of a yellowish coloiu- ; the largest 
flowers are fuUy an inch in diameter. 
[These small flowered varieties may be classed among the most beautiful of om' autumnal plants. 
They originated from the Chusan Daisy, a small variety introduced from China by Mr. Fortune. Most 
of the kinds are dwarf in habit, so that with theu' small flowers they form very compact and hand- 
some plants.] 
THE PINK AS A POT PLANT. 
By Me, G. GLENNY, F.H.S. 
TOOTHING is more common than the cultivation of Carnations and Piootees in pots, and why the 
lx\ Pink should not be equally popular as a pot plant we cannot tell. Custom has adopted the 
most incommodious and ineflective plan imaginable, namely, the formation of beds, so that all the 
labour required for thefr proper growth and bloom is necessarily given in the most uncomfortable 
position, that of stooping to the ground. Now there is not one single point that shoidd lead to pot- 
culture with the Carnation, that is not equally strong with the Pink ; while there is one which is much 
more forcible in behalf of the Pink, namely, its dwai'fness, as compared to the Cai-nation, which 
renders the stooping much more fatiguing. The Pink reqiui'es that its buds should be tied up, to 
prevent them from bursting, and it is no small labom', to those ever so much accustomed to it, to go 
over a bed half a dozen times, to tie such as are ready ; whereas, if they were in pots, they could be 
taken up and tied on a table, without in the least inconveniencing the operator. "We have heard it 
said, that the oolom's wLU not come so fine in pots as they do in the ground. This we can positively 
contradict from experience ; and we know that a collection is, on many accounts, safer in pots, than in 
the open groimd, being freer from vermin, if properly attended to, cleaner in their growth, and 
yielding qmte as much healthy grass for propagation. 
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