SWEET WILLIAM. 
( Gallantry — Finesse .) 
HE Sweet William, a member of the Pink family, 
from the charming manner in which it arranges 
its variegated blossoms into bouquet-shaped 
clusters, is well worthy of its second name of finesse. 
1 he Bearded Pink, as it is sometimes designated, is 
known to our French neighbours as the “poet’s eye,’’ 
because of the manner in which its petals are marked. 
SWEET WILLIAM. 
COWLEY. 
Sweet William small, has form and aspect bright, 
Like that sweet flower that yields great Jove delight 
Had he majestic bulk he’d now be styled 
Jove’s flower; and, if my skill is not beguiled, 
He was Jove’s flower when Jove was but a child. 
Take him with many flowers in one conferred, 
He’s worthy Jove, ev’n now he has a beard. 
