io6 CARNATIONS AND PINKS 



being the rock garden ; D. Atkinsoni is a beautiful 

 Mule Pink, named after a Mr. Atkinson, who raised 

 it in 1845. We have frequently stopped to admire 

 the wonderful crimson colouring of the flowers, which 

 are poised on slender stems. Unfortunately the Mule 

 Pinks are very troublesome to increase, but that 

 excellent gardener, the late Captain C. Nelson, brother 

 of the late Rev. J. G. Nelson of Narcissus fame, had 

 a good plan for the renewal of those Pinks that was 

 of especial use in the case of D. Atkinsoni, which so 

 often blooms itself to death. He simply removed all 

 the flowers from some of the plants ; these by autumn 

 were fine spreading tufts that could be divided. By 

 this means he secured a yearly supply of flowering 

 plants. 



D. Lady Dixon. — This was shown before the Floral 

 Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society in May 

 1 90 1, and given an Award of Merit ; it is said to have 

 resulted from crossing the Sweet William and Clove 

 Carnation. There is something of both parents in 

 the Mule, and the flowers are reddish-crimson in 

 colour, and very fragrant. A good garden plant. It 

 was shown by Mr. P. D. Williams, of Lanarth. 



D. Marie Pare is well known to Pink enthusiasts. 

 The flowers are pure white, and make a brave show 

 in the garden. 



D. Grievei. — We first made acquaintance with this 

 hybrid many years ago on the rock-garden at Kew. 

 It was raised by the well-known Scotch grower Mr. 

 James Grieve, who crossed a Sweet William and 

 single-laced Pink together with this result. The 



