THE CARNATION. 
Botanical Name, Dianthus caryophyllus. — Class, 
Decandria. — Order, Dygynia. — Flowers, variously 
coloured .—Native 'place, England. 
Sentiment. 
PUEE LOVE. 
ORIGIN OF THE SENTIMENT. 
The petals of the Carnation have by high 
cultivation become doubled; its colours, as 
above observed, are various, presenting some¬ 
times the most beautiful combinations, at 
others, the richest single colours, sometimes 
striped like the tiger, sometimes marbled, at 
others assuming the appearance of what is 
denominated piebald, and at others it is a 
dark red, or a pure white; but cultivation 
