Border Carnations. a7, 
prolong the display, which is usually all too short in 
a hot, dry summer. 
Types to Select. 
The lover of Carnations who is limited in the 
matter of space, and has to grow a collection in one 
or two beds of moderate dimensions, must ot 
necessity grow them in mixture, and the effect can- 
not be otherwise than bizarre. An effective display 
can more easily be produced by a few well chosen 
varieties than a large number. This may be 
modified, however, by growing different shades of 
closely related colours in contiguous lines, provided 
the colours blend and harmonise when seen from a 
short distance. In the larger and more pretentious 
gardens a border or two are sometimes devoted to 
Carnations, and where many varieties have to be 
accommodated, the usual plan is to grow them in 
blocks of a colour. This certainly affords them 
more extensive scope for a display of skill and taste 
in the arrangement of colours, and if the scheme 1s 
carefully thought out beforehand and committed to 
paper, the plan may be accomplished without a 
hitcn when planting time comes. 
A complicated plan of this sort should only be 
carried out with well tried varieties that are known 
to succeed in the district or even in the planter’s 
-garden. A reserve piece of ground or a bed may 
always be utilised for experimenting with new 
varieties. 
Selfs or those of one, more or less uniform, 
colour throughout, stand out pre-eminently for 
border work, because a certain effect can be pro- 
duced by massing them in borders, or filling beds 
entirely with one variety. Bright or clearly defined 
colours are more effective from a distance than very 
dark crimsons or dull reds, though very much 
depends upon the background in showing up the 
ecalours:. For instance, Fhe Burn 9 or Raby. 
Castle would contrast well with grass, shrubs or the 
garden wall, if in proximity. The Old Clove would 
be more or less obscured under like conditions a 
short way off, and at a distance would recede from 
view altogether. White, yellow, pink, rose, bright 
red, scarlet, and even bright crimson, on the other 
hand, are telling colours. 
The numerous varieties of show Carnations such 
as Bizarres and Flakes, neutralise one another when 
