. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. THE INDIAN PINK. ARIABILITY is a common eha- raeteristie of g-arden flowevs, and is the quality on which depends very much of the interest they excite in the mind of tlie tlorist. A flower that continues constant to its typical character, or Ijut rarely manifests a capability of varying, will never attain to high p>op)ularity, no matter how splen- did may be its appearance when in full dress. The Indian pink possesses the charming property of changeableness in an esjDccial degree, and the consequence is that our gardens
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. THE INDIAN PINK. ARIABILITY is a common eha- raeteristie of g-arden flowevs, and is the quality on which depends very much of the interest they excite in the mind of tlie tlorist. A flower that continues constant to its typical character, or Ijut rarely manifests a capability of varying, will never attain to high p>op)ularity, no matter how splen- did may be its appearance when in full dress. The Indian pink possesses the charming property of changeableness in an esjDccial degree, and the consequence is that our gardens abound with distinct and rich varie- ties that in some instances are so far removed from i\\<' type that the relationship can only be determined by the trained eye of the critical botanist. The splendid forms known as Diiiiil/in-t Hedilciregi, D. , and I). laciiiiattiH are all sub-sections, or " strains," of I). C/iiiieiisis, and it is not unlikely that if they were at this moment destroyed, they could be n-produeed from the .species within the lifetime of an earnest Horist who slmnld. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890; Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909. London : Cassell
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