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and slightly spotted with pale rose, ixi the manner of what is known, by
florists, as a rose-flake Carnation. The exterior petals are nearly round,
or b u t a very little cordate, and spread almost fla t; each of them is upwards
of an inch in diameter. The interior petals are numerous, and
of an irregular shape, some of them being comparatively large, and
roundish, often a little compressed and u ndula ted; they do not lie flat
over one another, but are loosely arranged in a cluster, similai- to those
in the centre of the flower of the Pompone Camellia, represented a t folio
9, of this work, although not so upright or compact. In some of the
flowei*s, a few parcels of stamina may be observed, as is shewn in the
figure in the Botanical R eg ister; but they are for the most part all
transformed into small narrow petals.
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