CHAPTER IV. 
CARNATIONS. 
ANY think the Carnation, next to 
Roses and Chrysanthemums, is the 
most popular flower we have. It is 
indigenous to Britain, where is is 
sometimes found in a wild state. It 
is found growing plentifully on the 
Southern sides of the Swiss Alps, and 
in many portions of the mountainous regions of Italy. 
In these countries it has long been cultivated and highly 
esteemed, although it does notappear to have been known 
to the ancients. In England it is cultivated to a great 
extent, but there only as a garden flower. With usin 
the United States it holds an important position, and we 
believe there are more Carnations propagated and grown 
in the United States one year than there is in all other 
countries put together. Hundreds of thousands are con- 
tinnally being raised, and cut blooms of Carnations can 
be bought by the thousand in any of our large flower 
markets from January to December. Its chief use with 
commercial florists is for Winter blooming. Large areas 
of glass is devoted to its culture in all the cut flower 
establishments of the North, and next to the Rose as a 
Winter blooming plant it has no superior. The stateli- 
