History. II 
As near as can now be determined the first 
Malmaison Carnation was raised about 1860. The 
American race of tree Carnations was originated 
about 1840, by a French gardener, named M. 
Dalmais, of Lyons. The true yellow-ground Picotee 
is of more recent origin, the first few having been 
raised by Richard Smith, of Witney, Oxfordshire, 
who commenced in 1848 and continued for ten or 
twelve years. In 1868, Mr. Perkins put Prince of 
Orange into commerce, and nearly all that have 
since been raised in this country have descended 
from this variety. Mr. Martin R. Smith, of Hayes, 
and Mr. J. Douglas, of Bookham, have raised several 
varieties as highly refined as the wire-edged, white- 
ground Picotees. 
The founding of the National Carnation and 
Picotee Scciety on the 25th of July, 1850, gave a 
fresh impetus to Carnation culture. A northern 
division of the society was founded in 1874. ‘The 
Midland Carnation and Picotee Society was 
founded in 1890. The Southern Counties Carnation 
Society founded in 1896, finally amalgamated with 
the Southampton Royal Horticultural Society. 
