O N P I N K S. 
H E culture of the Pinks is much 
lefs difficult than that of Carna¬ 
tions : they are hardier, more eafily 
propagated, increafe more abundantly, 
and are lefs liable to the cafualties inch* 
dent to the latter. 
A good freffi loamy foil, dug and 
comminuted about two feet deep, and 
manured with a ftratum of cow-dung, 
two years old, mixed with an equal 
proportion of earth : this ftratum to be 
about fix inches thick, and placed five or 
fix inches below the furface, is all the 
preparation or compoft that appears 
neceffary for this flower* 
The 
