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2io PINKS. 
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the fize and beauty they would otherwife 
arrive at. 
The largeft and moll bufhy plants do 
not produce the fined flowers ; they natu¬ 
rally put forth numerous fmall ftems, 
which their roots are not able to fupport 
fufficiently to produce large bloffoms. 
Strong healthy plants, not too large, 
and confining of a capital leading 
Hem in the centre, with but little fur¬ 
rounding increafe, are moft proper to 
feleft for the bell bed : thefe will feldom 
put up more than one or two ftems, 
which will, however, be very ftrong, 
grow tall, and produce three or four 
bloffoms, as large and fine as the fort 
is capable of. 
Thofe pods that nearly at the time of 
blowing become much fwelled, and appear 
in danger of burfting, fhould be tied in 
in the fame manner as directed for Carna¬ 
tions, 
