260 THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



Lizzie. — "White ; beautifully flaked and striped with bright 

 carmine. 



Madame Ambroise Versclwffelt. — Bright salmon, flaked with lake, 

 and finely spotted. 



Perry ana. — Very deep orange-scarlet ; fiue. 



President Clayes. — Salmon, shaded with orange ; spotted with 

 crimson, and white margin. 



President Humann. — Eich rose ; fine form and substance. 



Peine des Poses. — Hose-purple ; large and stout. 



Sinensis. — Dark yellow, novel and effective. 



Stanley ana. — Deep rosy- scarlet ; first-rate in every way. 



Stella. — liich orange-scarlet : spotted with lake on top segments. 



Vesuvius. — Bright orange scarlet, with purple glow on top seg- 

 ments. 



Virginalis. — Pure white ; crisped round the margin ; fine form 

 and substance. 



THE LADIES' GARDEN.— No. VIII. 



BY J. C. CLABKE, 



Head Gardener at Cotkelston House, Taunton. 



CARNATIONS AND PICOTEES. 



pIESE once popular flowers are again rising in favour, and 

 our lady readers will consult their own interest if they 

 will take them in hand for earnest cultivation. They 

 constitute an important feature in any garden where 

 they are properly cared for. We have had occasion for 

 regret at their very near annihilation from our gardens ; let us, there- 

 fore, hail with delight the hope that is held out to us in the superior 

 manner in which they have been exhibited, in some few instances, at 

 different flower-shows this season. Surely this should be the signal 

 for a considerable reaction in their favour. Be that as it may, I 

 cannot err in recommending them to the notice of my readers, nor 

 can they make a mistake by spiritedly taking up their cultivation, 

 for they are neither expensive to buy, nor difficult to keep and 

 multiply. Moreover, they will adapt themselves to almost any kind 

 of soil, except a very stiff cold clay ; in that they are liable to die 

 away in the winter. The best way to deal with them in very light 

 soils is to mix up some loam with the natural soil of the place. In 

 any natural loamy soils they will take care of themselves ; in stiff" 

 clay soil, something of a lighter texture, such as leaf-soil, rotten 

 turves, and coarse sand, should be mixed up with it on the spot 

 where they are to stand. 



Those who want a display for next year should secure their plants 

 this month, and plant them out at once, seeing that they do not 

 suffer for the want of water afterwards until they are established. 

 They may either be planted in beds or mixed borders ; the borders 

 are undoubtedly the places for them. They are usually sold in pairs, 

 and really good kinds may be bought at less than sixpence each. 



