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formation of the flower, which fliould 
not be lefs than two inches and a half 
in diameter. 
The petals fliould be large, broad, and 
fubftantial, and have very fine fringed 
or ferrated edges, free from large coarfe 
deep notches or indentures; in fliort, they 
approach neareft to perfeftion when the 
fringe on the edge is fo fine as fcarcely 
to be difcernible: but it would be con- 
fidered a very defirable objeft to obtain 
them perfeflly rofe-leaved, i. e. without 
any fringe at all. 
The broadeft part of the lamina, or 
broad end of the petals, fhould be per- 
feftly white and diftinfl from the eye, 
unlefs it be ornamented by a continuation 
of the colour of the eye round it, a bold, 
clean, and diftinci, leaving a confiderable 
4 When the corolla conlifts of petals of this defcription* 
it is denominated a Laced Pink. 
F f proportion 
