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385&#93; 1*1 NTK, which grows in gravelly meadows, and flowers in Jul/ or August. 2. The Barhatas, or Sweet- William, which is common in gardens, and flowers in July. 3. The ProIJfer, Proliferous PtxK, ChildingPisk, or Sweet- WiLLiAM ; abounds in sandy-mea- dows and pastures, where its flow- ers appear in July. 4. The Can/nphi/llics, Common* PiN'K, or Carnation. See Clove- Pi kk. J. The Ddtoidcs, or Maiden ViN'K, grows in great abundance on sandy meadows, pastures and heaths, in various parts of Britain : it is in bloom from July to O6tober, 0. The Ciesius, or Mountain Pink, thrives in diy mountainous situations, principally on tiie Ched- der Rocks, in the County of Somer- set. It is perennial, and flowers in the monta of July or August. All these species are beautiful plants, very generally cultivated in gardens, on account of their fra- grance. They are propagated by seeds, as well as by slips, and layers; the latter of which should be plant- ed three inclies apart, towards the end of 'July, in shady borders that have previously been well dug and moistened. Should the wea- ther prove dry, it will be necessary to water tiie slips, &c. daily, tiil they have taken root : after wb.ich no farther care will be required than to clear them from weeds, and to transplant them in autumn to those borders which they are de- signed to decorate. Florists bestow uncommon pains on the culture of these elegant flowers, which they have divided into seven classes, and these again into vaiieties, of which there ap- pear to be several bundled, The NO. XII.— "VOL, III. pin limits of our work, however, do not p^f^nit us to give a catalogue, even of those pinks which, for the un- common beauty of their variegated ' shades, are the greatest ornaments of the garden. Hence we shall briefly state the most efle^taal me- thods lately discovered, of destroy- ing the insedts, and especially the green aphis or plant-louse, with which thest' flowers are peculiarly infested. One of the m.ost simple expedients, is that suggested by a German florist, J. C. Wf.ndland, and which has been uniformly suc- cessful. In the spring, when the grass lias attained the lieight of 4 or 5 inches, he places his flower- pots, containing pinks or other de- licate plants, attacked with the green aphis, in a lateral direction on tiie grass, so that one side of the former comes in contact with the tops of the latter. When no frost or rime is to be apprehended, this exposure is most effe(5taal in the evening ; though it should not be attempted with green-house plants which, in general, are less hardy than the pink. After lying in such situation for 24 hours, he turns his flower-pots toward the opposite side, in order that this likewise may be touched by the blades of the grass ; and thus he inverts them for three or four successive daj's. If a frosty night should in- tervene, he defers to expose his flower-pots in the grass, till the succeeding morning, and removes them to the green-house in the evening. By this management, the inserts disappear, mostly on the second exposure, or at the farthest, on the thu'd ; but the turning of the pots should, on no account, be neglci^ed. Another method of exterminat- ing the plant-louse on pinks, con- •Cg sists
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