Plate 118. 
PINKS, ATTRACTION AND DEVICE. 
Dianthus caryophylloides , vars. 
We perceive, on referring to the Proceedings of the Royal 
Horticultural Society, that the Floral Committee have, during 
the present season, awarded no less than six first-class certifi¬ 
cates and one second-class to new Pinks—a sufficient proof, 
we think, that, notwithstanding the perfection to which we 
have attained in this as in other florists’ flowers, improvement 
is still possible; and that in the judgment of that body there is 
still merit to be found in the new varieties brought before 
them. 
We are glad to find that, notwithstanding his oft-repeated 
declaration of giving up the growth of this sweet and (when 
well managed) very pretty flower, Dr. Maclean, to whom is 
mainly owing the great progress made in the Pink, is still en¬ 
gaged in the work of hybridizing; both of the flowers, which 
have been very accurately rendered by Mr. Andrews, being 
raised by him, and they are assuredly sufficiently beautiful to 
tempt any one to grow them. It must however be borne in 
mind, that such specimens are not to be obtained without great 
care and skill; indeed, it is the same with all flowers. The 
gorgeous Dahlias exhibited at the Crystal Palace and Kensing¬ 
ton ; the beautiful boxes of Verbenas, and the grand spikes of 
Hollyhocks, all have special treatment given to them to pro¬ 
duce them in the state in which they are exhibited; and if the 
same varieties are grown in the ordinary way (however care¬ 
fully), the same result must not be expected. 
Pinks have been peculiarly fine and well laced during the 
past season, a cool and moist spring suiting them best; in dry 
seasons, the lacing, as the coloured edge is called, being fre¬ 
quently even in the highest-coloured varieties absent. One point, 
