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and fringed; tlie fcent of this is not fo agreeable as of 
fome others. Then come all the different varieties of 
pheasant’s eye, of which there are frequently new varie¬ 
ties raifed, which are either titled from the perfons who 
raifed them, or the place where they were raifed ; fome of 
thefe have very large double flowers, but thofe which 
burft their pods are not fo generally efteemed. The Cob 
pink comes after thefe to flower ; the ftalks of this are 
much taller than thofe of any of the former ; the flow¬ 
ers are very double, and of a bright red colour; this, 
having the mod agreeable odour of all the forts, merits 
a place in every good garden. The time of the pinks 
flowering is from the latter end of May to the middle of 
July, and frequently that fort of pheafant eye which is 
called Bat’s pink, will flower again in autumn. 
The old man’s head pink, and the painted lady, do not 
flower till July, coming at the fame feafon with the car¬ 
nation, to which they are more nearly allied than to the 
pink. The firft, when it is in its proper colours, is pur¬ 
ple and white, ftriped and fpotted, but this frequently is 
of one plain colour, which is purple ; this fort will con¬ 
tinue flowering till the froft in autumn puts a flop to it, 
and the flower having an agreeable fcent, renders it va¬ 
luable. The painted lady is chiefly admired for the live- 
linefs of its colour ; for it is not fo fvveet, or of fo long 
continuance, as the other. 
Pinks are here kept along with carnations, but they do 
not feem to be all varieties of the fame fpecies : proba¬ 
bly the red pinks take their rife from this, whilft the 
pheafant-eye pinks feem to derive their origin from di- 
anthus plumarius. Some give them all as varieties of 
dianthus deltoides, which is not likely. 
10. Dianthus pomeridianus, the afternoon pink : caly- 
cine feales ovate, acute, very fliort, upper half of the ca¬ 
lyx ftriated; petals emarginate, almoft entire. The herb 
of this fort is very like that of dianthus caiyophyllus ; 
but it fcarcely multiplies itfelf by the root ; the Item 
has only three or four Ample, long,one-flowered,brandies. 
The flower opens at half after twelve at noon, and clofes 
at ten o’clock at night : obferved near Conftantinople by 
Forfkael,and in Paleftine by Haflelquift. Dr. Smith re¬ 
marks, that this is the only fort he has feen, which has 
the calyx fmooth in the lower part, while the upper half 
is flriated, and that very flrongly and accurately. 
11. Dianthus deltoides, the maiden pink: calycine feales 
ovate-lanceolate, acute, about two ; petals crenate ; leaves 
bluntifli; fubpubefeent. Barrenftemsnumerous,reclining, 
putting forth roots; flowering ftems Ax to eight inches 
liigh ; columnar below, fquare at top ; (lender, weak, but 
ufually eredt; fometimes Ample ; fometimes branched or 
dichotomous; fwollen at the joints; flightly pubefeent; 
the petals vary much in colour, being fometimes of a 
very pale flefli-colotir, fometimes deep red ; but they are 
always marked with a ring of deeper red dots near the cen- 
treofthe flower. Flowers in June and July,and continues 
flowering till late in autumn. Found on paftures and 
heaths, on a light foil, in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, 
Spain ; in England not uncommon, as on Hainpftead 
heath, Dupper’s Hill, near Croydon, about Hampton 
Court Park, Beacon Hill, near Feverfham in Kent, not 
far from Slough, near Windfor ; in Bedfordfhire, near 
Sandy ; Cambridgefhire, Suffolk, Norfolk, at Cley, near 
Hillborough in the way from Brandon, &c. Nottingham- 
fhire, Derbyfhire, Weftmoreland, Shropfhire, Somerfet- 
fhire ; and King’s Park, Edinburgh. 
There is a variety common in gardens, which has 
white flowers, with a beautiful purple ring, and leaves 
rather more glaucous than in the common fort. This is 
the true dianthus glaucus of Linnteus, and perhaps of 
Lightfoot. It has, indeed, generally four feales to the 
calyx ; but fo has dianthus deltoides frequently. 
12. Dianthus rupeftris, the field pink : calycine feales 
two, very obtufe ; petals crenate. Native of the moun¬ 
tains in the fouth of Europe. This is probably the fame 
with dianthus virgineus, No. 21. 
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13. Dianthus csefius, the mountain pink: flowers fub* 
folitary; calycine feales roundilh, fliort ; petals crenate, 
pubefeent ; leaves rugged at the edge. The circle is 
purple, and there is a purple tinge on the upper furface 
from a number of very fine lines. Willich fays, that the 
circle or ring is double, the inner pale, the outer broader 
and fcarlet, both toothed. The flowers have no fcent. 
Dr. Smith, to whom we are much obliged for elucidating 
this genus, deferibes it thus: Root woody ; Italics feve- 
ral, a nan high, eredt, Ample, fmooth, quadrangular, 
having two or three pairs of leaves on them, one-flower¬ 
ed, fcarcely ever two-flowered; leaves linear-lanceolate, 
bluntifli, glaucous ; feales of the calyx only one-third of 
the length of the tube, ovate-roundifh, bluntly mucro- 
nate, ftriated ; petals flefti-coloured, with a double row 
of blunt notches, marked with lines, and bearded at the 
bafe. Native of Swiflerland ; and on Chedder-rocks in 
Somerfetfhire. 
14. Dianthus albens, the Cape pink : calycine feales 
lanceolate, four fliort; corollas emarginate. This differs, 
from the foregoing, in having the petals fcarcely crenate, 
and in not having the purple circle on them. It is a na¬ 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope, where it was obferved 
by Mr. Francis Maffon. It is perennial, and flowers in 
Auguft. 
15. Dianthus Chinenfis, the China pink: calycine feales 
fubulate, patulous, leafy, equalling the tube; corollas 
crenate, leaves lanceolate. The flower-ftems of the China 
pink are from Ax to nine inches high, branching out on 
every Ade ; the branches grow eredt, and are terminated 
each by one flower. The flowers have no fcent, but 
having a great variety of colours, they are a conflderable 
ornament to the flower-garden from July until autumn 
frofts put a flop to them. They have been greatly im¬ 
proved by culture ; fome flowers being as full of petals 
as the beft double pinks, and difplaying the mod glow¬ 
ing and vivid red colours. This fpecies is a native of 
China, whence the feeds were fent by the French mif- 
fionaries to Paris, about the year 1705. The flowers 
which were for many years produced in the European 
gardens were Angle, till about the year 1719, when dou¬ 
ble flowers were produced in fome of the gardens at 
Paris; but whether thefe arofe from feeds of the Angle 
fort, or from new feeds obtained from China, is difficult 
to determine. The roots will often laft two years in a 
dry foil ; but they are generally raifed from feeds every 
year. In the nurfery-grounds, it is generally known by 
the name of Indian pink. 
16. Dianthus Monfpeliacus, the Montpellier pink : 
calycine feales fubulate, ftraight, a little fhorter than 
the tube ; corollas many-cleft ; ftem eredt. It is found 
wild about Montpellier and Verona, and in Piedmonts 
Perennial. 
17. Dianthus plumarius, the feathered pink: calycine 
feales fubovate, very fliort, much blunted, and awnlefs; 
corollas many-cleft. Stemsafeending, a foot or eighteen 
inches in height, branched. Leaves of a greyifh or glau¬ 
cous hue, a line and a half wide, very (harp at the end. 
Flowers one, two, feldom three, at the ends of the 
branches, fweet-feented. It flowers from June to Auguft, 
and is perennial. Native of Europe and North America, 
on rocks, mountain paftures, and dry woody places. Cul¬ 
tivated in 1629. 
18. DiantUus crinitus, the hairy pink : calycine feales 
oval, mucronate, fubdiverging, one-third of the length of 
the tube; petals many-cleft, beardlefs. Stalks a fpan high, 
fmooth and even. Found in Armenia by Tournefort. 
19. Dianthus fuperbus, the fuperb pink : flowers pa- 
nicled; calycine feales very fliort, acuminate; petals 
cloven into many capillary fegments ; ftem eredt. The 
ftem is a foot or eighteen inches in height, procumbent 
at the bafe, round, fomewhat two-edged on the upper 
part, fmooth, branching only at the top. Leaves like 
thofe of narrow-leaved fweet-william. According to fome 
it is perennial, according to others biennial, and even. 
annual. 
