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Classification of Pink Carnations. — The defini- 

 tion of the varieties of Carnations according to their 

 shades of pink or red as agreed upon by the American 

 Carnation Society is as follows: i, True flesh pink; 2, 

 light pink, embracing the shades from Gloriosa to and 

 including Winsor; 3, medium pink to embrace shades 

 from Winsor down to and including Mrs. C. W. Ward; 

 4, dark pink — anything darker than Mrs. Ward. 



Dyeing Carnations Green. — Green Carnations are 

 still in demand to some extent for St. Patrick's Day, March 

 17. Popular opinion, however, would seem to be turning 

 against them. For a dye, take ten cents' worth each of 

 anahne blue and anahne yellow, and add two quarts of 

 water, and bring to boihng point. This will make one 

 gallon. Don't put the flower in until the Hquid has cooled. 



Grading Blooms. — In the New York market the 

 Carnations are graded as Fancies, Extras and Firsts. 

 The Fancies are all perfect blooms, 2^ in. to 3}^ in. across, 

 with stems 16 in. to 24 in. long; the Extras are composed 

 of flowers that are smaller, but still forming a distinct class 

 apart from the Shorts, which form the third section. 



Temperature of Icebox, and Time Carnations 

 Will Keep. — The correct temperature for an icebox for 

 keeping cut flowers is 40 to 50 deg. If the icebox has no 

 provision for a change of air, Carnations will go to sleep 

 sooner than in a box where there is such a provision. 

 Furthermore, if the Carnations are placed on the floor of 

 an unventilated box where injurious gases settle, and the 

 air is consequently most contaminated, they will go to 

 sleep sooner than when on the upper shelf. A clean, dry 

 cellar, where the air is pure, and which has a temperature 

 of about 50 deg., is a good place in which to keep Carna- 

 tions. Fresh Carnations of the fancy and medium grades, 



