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PINK. 
It is a fearful thing, 
To love as I love thee ; to feel the world— 
The bright, the beautiful, joy-giving world— 
A blank without thee. Never more to me 
Can hope, jcy, fear, wear different seeming. Now 
I have no hope that does not dream for thee ; 
T have no joy that is not shared by thee ; 
I have no fear that does not dread for thee. 
L. E, L. 
Florists designate two principal divisions of 
these flowers, Pinks and Carnations. The 
former are marked by a spot resembling an 
eye, whence the French name eillet, and by a 
more humble growth. The flower of the Car- 
nation is much larger than that of the Pink. 
Some derive its name from the Latin word for 
flesh colour, which may have been the original 
colour of the flower; but Spenser, who was re- 
markable for his care in retaining the old manner 
of spelling, calls these flowers coronations : 
Bringe hether the pincke and purple cullambine, 
With gellifiowres ; 
Bring coronations and sops in wine, 
‘Worn of paramours. 
They were also called clove-gillifiowers, from 
their perfume resembling that of the spice so 
called, and sops in wine, because they were on 











