24 INTRODUCTION. 
of them was, at the fame time, attended 
with much lefs trouble, in other refpefts, 
than that of the former, and they foon 
obtained a decided preference. 
But the improvement, with refpeft to 
the edge of the petal, is of ftill later 
date; the firft forts, both of Burfters and 
Whole-Blowers, being pofTeffed of a 
fringe, or ferrature, in that part, like 
that of the Pink ; this has, however, been 
completely overcome of late years, and . 
thofe poffeffed of that property, are not 
now efteemed to be of the capital forts. 
The word Carnation is, probably, de¬ 
rived from Carnes, the natural flefh 
colour. 
The Pink is of the fame clafs and 
order as the Carnation; according to 
Linnaeus, it is the Dianthus Arenarius; 
five, Dianthus caulibus fubunifloris, fqua- 
mis calycinis ovatis obtufis, corollis 
multifidis, 
