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annual. Mr. Miller fays that the roots will live three linear. This plant grows in a tuft. The leaves are acute, 
or four years, but that the flowers are in their greateft fmooth, and half an inch long. 
beauty the fecond year from feeds; it is probably there- Propagation cmd Culture, i. Of fweet-williams there is 
fore biennial naturally. Native of Denmark, Lapland, a great variety of different colours, which are Angle, and 
Germany, Swilferland, France, Italy, Spain; flowering three or four with double flowers. Some of the Angle 
from July to September. flowers have very rich colours, which frequently vary in 
20. Dianthus attenuatus, the diminifhed pink: caly- thofe of the fame bunch ; there are others with fine va- 
cineTcales fhort, lanceolate, acuminate, about Ax ; tube" 
attenuated at the top ; petals crenate. Native of the 
fouth of France, near the coaft. 
III. Stem one-flowered, herbaceous. 21. Dianthus 
arenarius, the fand pink : Item bearing one or two flow¬ 
ers ; calycine feales ovate, obtufe ; petals many-cleft; 
leaves linear. That this bears a great affinity to dianthus 
plumarius, is clear from the throat of the petals; which 
are more oblong, divided, and cut beyond the middle of 
the difk, (whereas in that they are only multifid ;) at the 
bafe is a fharp livid fpot, with purplifli hairs fcattered 
over it. Stem a finger or fpan in length, erecl, round, 
almoft naked, having only one pair of leaves on it, and 
fuflaining one flower. Root-leaves abundant, in bundles 
fmooth, narrow, obtufe, ftiffifh. Petals white, not cre¬ 
nate, refembllng thofe of dianthus plumarius, and fmel- 
ling very fweet, efpecially in the evening. Native of 
Scania, in drifting fand ; Silefia, on the borders of Saxo¬ 
ny; in Carniola, on mountains; in Piedmont; on old 
walls and buildings in many parts of England. The only 
certain authority, however, on which this fpecies relts, 
is that of Linnaeus. That which occurs on old walls in 
England feems to be the common pink of the gardens, 
dianthus caryophyllus. It flowers in May and June. 
22. Dianthus Alpinus, the Alpine pink: corollas cre¬ 
nate; outer calycine feales leafy, almoft equalling the 
tube. Native of the Alps, Silefia, Auftria, Stiria, Sibe¬ 
ria, in rough ftony places; flowering in June and July. 
23. Dianthus virgineus, the upright pink: one flower 
or two on the ftem ; petals crenate; calycine feales very 
Abort and blunt, in pairs. Native of the Alps, the fouth 
of France, Auftria, Carniola, &c. Dr. Smith gathered it 
on the limellone-rocks oppofite the poft-houfe on mount 
Cenis, in Auguft, 1787. It flowers in June and July. 
IV. Shrubby. 24. Dianthus arboreus, the branched 
pink : flem flirubby ; leaves oblong, fomewhat flefhy : 
calycine feales numerous, blunt, clofely imbricate, very 
fhort. Stalks eighteen inches and more in height. Native 
of the ifland of Candia. 
25. Dianthus fruticofus, the flirubby pink : flem flirub¬ 
by; leaves lanceolate. Stem twilled, two feet high, 
woody, brittle, hard, covered with a dark cloven bark. 
Native of the ifland of Seriphos in the Levant. It is 
perhaps only a variety of the preceding, with fliorter 
leaves a little broader, and blunt at the end. 
26. Dianthus juniperinus, the juniper-leaved pink: 
leaves awl-fhaped ; calycine feales about four, obovate, 
mucronate and pungent, patulous, only half the length 
of the tube. Stem flirubby, with a lacerated cliinky bark, 
very much branched. Native of the ifland of Candia, 
where it was obferved by Tournefort. 
New Species. 27. Dianthus pungens, the prickly-leaved 
pink: flowers folitary; ftems few-flowered; calycine feales 
very fhort, mucronate, fpreading; tube gibbous; petals 
entire. Native of Spain, on the coaft. It flowers from 
Auguft to Odlober; and was introduced in 1781, by 
Monf. Thouin, 
28. Dianthus Hifpanicus, the Spanifh pink: flem ufu- 
ally one-flowered; calycine feales ovate; petals linear, 
quite entire. Plant a fpan in height. Native of Arragon. 
29. Dianthus Libanotis, the pink of mount Libanus: 
flowers fubaggregate; calycine feales fix, acuminate, 
recurved ; corollas multifid-capillary, bearded at the 
throat ; Item eredt. Root perennial, thickifli, and fome¬ 
what branched; ftem herbaceous, a foot high. Native 
of mount Libanus. This belongs to the firil fedlion. 
30. Dianthus pumilus, the dwarf pink: ftemiefs j leaves 
riegated flowers, and others whofe middles are of a foft 
red, bordered with white, which are called painted-ladies ; 
but where perfons are defirous to preferve any of thefe 
varieties in perfedtion, the belt flowers of eacli fliould be 
particularly marked, and no other permitted to ftand near 
them, left their farina fliould impregnate them, which 
would caufe them to vary. That which is called the 
painted-lady fweet-william, is a very beautiful variety ; the 
flalks of this do not rife fo high as moft of the others ; 
the bunches of flowers are larger, and produced more in 
the form of an umbel, the flowers flanding equal in 
height, make a better appearance : there are others whofe 
flalks rife three feet high, and the flowers of a very deep 
red or fcarlet colour. Thefe all flower at the fame time 
with the carnations, which renders them lefs valuable, 
becaufe they have no feent. Thefe plants muft be re¬ 
newed annually, to have them in perfedlion ; for though 
they are perennial, yet they are fubjedt to decay. If 
there are not fo many varieties as of the pink and carna¬ 
tion, it is becaufe this fpedies has not attradled fo much 
attention. The Angle forts are generally propagated by 
feeds, which muft be fown the latter end of March or 
the beginning of April, in a bed of light earth, and in 
June they will be fit to tranfplant out; at which time 
prepare fome beds ready for them, and let them at fix 
inches diftance every way: in thefe beds they may remain 
till Michaelmas, when they may be tranfplanted. into the 
borders of the pleafure-garden or wildernefs. Thefe will 
flower the next year in June, and in Auguft perfect their 
feeds, which fhould be faved from the beft-coloured flow¬ 
ers for a fupply. They may alfo be propagated by flip¬ 
ping their roots at Michaelmas; but this is feldom prac- 
tifed, becaufe feedling roots always blow the ftrongeft, 
and produce new varieties. Double fweet-williams are 
propagated by cuttings, pipings, or layers, as pinks and 
carnations: they love a middling foil, not too light, nor 
too heavy or ftiff, nor too much dunged, which very of¬ 
ten occafions their rotting. Thefe continue flowering a 
long time, and are extremely beautiful, efpecially the 
mule, which produces two full blooms of flowers, one in 
June, and the other in July : it is very fubject to canker 
and rot, efpecially if planted in a foil too wet or dry, or 
if watered with fharp fpring water. Thefe flowers planted 
in pots, are very proper to adorn court-yards. 
9. Carnations are propagated either from feeds, (by 
which new flowers are obtained,) or frorn layers, for the 
increafe of thofe forts which are worth maintaining. The 
method of propagating them from feeds is thus : Having 
obtained fome good feeds, either of your own faving, or 
from a friend that you can confide in; about the middle 
of April prepare fome pots or boxes, according to the 
quantity of feed you have to fow, filled with frefh light 
earth mixed with rotten neats dung, well incorporated 
together; then fow your feeds, but not too thick, co¬ 
vering it about a quarter of an inch with the fame light 
earth, placing the pots or cafes fo as to receive the 
morning fun only till eleven of the clock, obferving alfo 
to refreth the earth with water as often as it may require. 
In'about a month’s time your plants will come up, and 
if kept clear from weeds, and duly watered, will be fit 
to tranfplant about the end of July ; at which time pre¬ 
pare fome beds (of the fame fort of earth as was diredted 
to fow them in) in an open airy fituation, in which plant 
them at about three inches fquare, obferving to water 
and (hade them till they have ta'ken new root, and alfo 
to keep them clear from weeds ; in thefe beds they may 
remain until the end of Auguft, by which time they will 
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