70 =©6©. Select. Carnations, Picotees, and Pinks. 
hibition boxes in the classes set apart for them. A 
nucleus for this refined race is now a reality. 
Classification. 
A simple classification has recently become 
possible, and though the primary divisions of the 
yellow Carnation are usually given as yellow-ground 
fancy Carnations and yellow-ground Picotees, there 
scems no reason why the selfs, or those of uniform 
colour, should be excluded from this section. All 
the Carnations have descended from the original 
wild Dianthus Caryophyllus. The white and yellow 
ground colours form a ready and distinct means of 
division into two leading sections. 
The self yellow varieties mentioned in this hand- 
book have been listed and described under “ Yellow 
Carnations, and Picotees” but all forms of the yellow 
Carnation, of sufficiently hardy constitution, may 
be classed properly as border Carnations. ‘Any and 
every shade of yellow and allied colours of uniform 
ae are grouped below under the general term of 
selfs. These again are subdivided into yellow, buff 
and terracotta. 
The yellow-ground fancy Carnations have one, 
two, or more colours on a yellow ground. These 
colours take the form of stripes, lines, and markings 
of various shapes and sizes, and though they mostly 
traverse the petals in a longitudinal direction, there 
is frequently a heavy or hght, curvilinear edging or 
lacing to the outer margin in addition to any other 
markings they may possess. Nevertheless, these 
fancies must possess smoothness and breadth of 
petal, texture, and other qualities of intrinsic merit 
and beauty, in ae distinct and well defined 
colours, otherwise they fail to win favour with the 
florist. Indeed, a very large number of them are of 
fascinating beauty that could hardly fail to excite 
the admiration of the flower lovi ing public. The 
ground colour may be yellow or butt of any shade. 
The yellow-ground Picotee should have a margin- 
al lacing, heavy or light, but distinctly defined, 
around the extreme edge of the outer end of the 
etal. A perfect or ideal type should have ‘a clear 
or bright yellow ground, with no other marking 
whatever than the lacing. 
Varieties that conform exactly to this ideal. are 
yet very scarce, but new ones continue to arise with 
more frequency than formerly. In a broader sense 
