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Does the plant make a large or small amount of grass 

 (foliage) ? 2, Does it produce many cuttings on blossom 

 stems, or must stock plants (not allowed to bloom) be 

 grown to obtain cuttings ? 3, Does it propagate easily ? 

 4, Are better results obtained from field-grown plants or 

 from those set out directly from the pots on the greenhouse 

 benches? 5, Is it an early bloomer? 6, Size of flower? 

 How built? Fringed or toothed petals? 7, Color? 

 Fragrance? 8, Length of stem? 9, Bursting of calyx? 

 10, Keeping quahty of flowers? 11, General remarks on 

 appearance and health. 12, Photographs to show half 

 open bud and calyx, and fully opened blooms, and if 

 feasible, an entire plant in bloom to show its general habit. 



Synonymy. — The following types or sections of the 

 Carnation are all referable, in their origin, to Dianthus 

 Caryophyllus: — Clove Gillyflower, Clove Pink, Picotee, 

 Flaked, Self, Bizarre, Fancy, Border, Malmaison, Mar- 

 guerite, Grenadin, Superflorens, Everblooming, Tree, Re- 

 montant, Forcing Pink, Hybrid Perpetual Pink, Perpetual- 

 flowering and Winter-flowering. The Pinks are variously 

 described as Common Garden, Scotch, Hardy, Bunch, 

 Grass, Cushion, Florists,' or Pheasant's-eye, but all so- 

 called are referable to the species D. plumarius. Some- 

 times the Sweet William is also called Bunch Pink. The 

 annual China Pink (Dianthus Chinensis) is variously 

 called Japan Pink, Indian Pink, Annual Pink, diadema- 

 tus, laciniatus, or Heddewigii and stellaris, the last four 

 names referring to well marked varieties. 



