PREFACE 



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the interests of the trade as well as the gardener to 

 intensify rather than obliterate one of the great 

 charms of the flower. 



I thank most heartily the contributors to this little 

 book; and if the reader wishes to consult other 

 writers, the following works may be recommended : — 



" Le Jardinage des Oeillets." A. Paris, 1647. 



" Nouveau Traite des Oeillets." A. Paris, 1676. 



"A Practical Treatise on the Carnation." By 

 Thomas Hogg, Florist, Paddington Green, 1839. 



"The American Carnation — How to Grow it." By 

 Chas. Willis Ward, A. T. De la Mare Printing and 

 Publishing Company, New York. 



" Rea's Flora." By John Rea, London. Printed 

 for George Marviott, Fleet Street, 1676. 



" Dodwell on the Carnation." Derby, W. Bacon, 

 Beckett Hill Works. 



"Carnation Manual." Published by the Carnation 

 Society. Messrs. Cassell & Co. 



"The Book of the Carnation." By R. P. Brother- 

 ston. John Lane, Bodley Head, London. 



E. T. COOK. 



May 1905. 



