"7" . . _:vb6861055 "(obsolete, botany) A variety of carnation."@en . _:vb6861056 "The Gardeners divide it into Five Cla\u017F\u017Fes, which they di\u017Ftingui\u017Fh by the Name of Picketees, Painted Ladies, Beazarts, Flakes, and Flames: [\u2026] the Flames have a red Ground always \u017Ftrip\u2019d with black or very dark Colours."@en . _:vb6861057 "Sic flow\u2019rs o\u2019 sorts ane seldom sees, / Flecks, flames, bussards an\u2019 picketees, / Wi\u2019 strong carnations, like young trees, / To face the entry; [\u2026]"@en . _:vb6861055 . _:vb6861056 "1718, Richard Bradley, \u201CPart II. Chapter II: Of Perannual Flowers, the talle\u017Ft Blowers. Sect IX. Of the Carnation or July-Flower [\u2026]\u201D, in New Improvements of Planting and Gardening, Both Philo\u017Fophical and Practical [\u2026], 2nd edition, London: W. Mears, page 82:"@en . _:vb6861057 "1812, Peter Forbes, \u201COn going to see a nobleman\u2019s gardener in the neighbourhood\u201D, in Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, Edinburgh: R. Menzies, page 89:"@en . _:vb6861056 . _:vb6861057 .