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weight of the bloffom ; the other end of 
the wire fhould be formed into a fmall 
ring, about a quarter of an inch in dia¬ 
meter, to enclofe the item below the 
calyx; this ring fhould be a little open 
on one fide, to admit the Item freely, 
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without bruifing it, which would ma¬ 
terially injure the bloom. 
Thofe who are particularly curious in 
blowing their Carnations, carefully extraft 
fuch petals as are plain, or run from 
their true colours ; they perform this by 
means of an inftrument adapted to the 
purpofe, u and with the fame arrange the 
remaining petals, fo as to fupply the 
defe£t; in like manner they difpofe the 
whole with fuch regularity that the flow¬ 
ers appear to have an equal diftribution 
of beautiful petals, nearly alike on every 
fide, without imbricating each other, fo 
11 Vide Plate 6. Fig. 8. 
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