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‘crowns, compofed of half flourifhes, placed in a cup, 
of one ieaf. ‘The Indian pink requires much the fame 
management as the female balfam apple. The cold 
injures them very materially. This plant is very 
proper in all the compartments of our parterres : But 
they fhould not be placed among plants of the fmaller 
fize, nor in the middle of beds ; tor, by fuch a fitua- 
‘tion, the great beauty of thefe pinks would ‘be loft to 
the fpectator. lh 
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LUPINE. 
Luemes confift of three forts; the great blue, 
the fmall blue, and yellow flowering fpecies. They 
alfo bloffom in May and June. The firft fort grows 
to about two feet high; andthe two latter, about 
half the height of the former. They are a flower 
that is feen in moft gardens ; and are remarlaable for 
their neatnefs of bloffom, and fimplicity of colour- 
ing. The yellow fpecies poffeifes an agreeable f{cent, 
‘which is denied to the other forts, that however are 
recompented, in general, with a greater brilliancy of 
colouring. sil 
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 * CONVOLVULUS. 
Tuts plant confifts of three fpecies, called the ma- 
jor, minor, and the fcarlet Howering kind. The ma- 
jor has a flower of a rich purple colour ; the minor 
