CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



PACE 



Early History of the Carnation, Sweet William, 



AND Pink i 



CHAPTER II 



The Carnation in the Garden .... 8 



CHAPTER III 

 The Border Carnation 14 



CHAPTER IV 



The Picotee — White and Yellow Ground . . 31 



CHAPTER V 

 The Malmaison Carnation 39 



CHAPTER VI 

 The Tree or Perpetual-Flowering Carnation . 47 



CHAPTER VII 



Carnations for Exhibition : A Year's Work . 54 



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