Yellow Carnaitons and Picolces. 71 
Picotees are yet admissible with a grourd colour 
lacking in intensity, a lacing not always neatly 
defined, and having a few streaks or bars upon the 
petals. Already there are varieties with rose, red, 
scarlet, purple, and crimson lacing and other inter- 
mediate shades, so that they may ultimately be 
classified under those colours precisely in the same 
way as the white-ground Picotee. The range of 
variation is great, and no one can as yet forsee the 
developments that may arise in the near future. 
YELLOW-GROUND FANCY CARNATION GRONOW. 
A race of yellow-ground bizarres and flakes may 
yet be evolved from the yellow-ground fancies if 
popular favour demands it and the florist approves. 
Seedling variations may yet give rise to a perpetual 
flowering race, or the beautiful colours of the yellow- 
ground fancies and vicotees may be communicated 
to the already existing strains of tree and perpetual 
flowering Carnations. Too close in-breeding should 
be avoided in order not to impair the constitution 
of new varieties. 
