94 Select Carnations, Picotees, and Pinks. 
In France or Belgium it could scarcely behave any 
better than here, and this fact alone might account 
for its early history being overlooked and soon for- 
gotten. Properly speaking all of the Malmaisons 
are greenhouse plants at the best aid must receive 
greenhouse culture. 
The true original Souvenir de la Malmaison has 
blush-white flowers and produces no seeds; hence 
cultivators have never been able to multiply this 
type except by using the pollen on some similarly 
robust and broad leaved variety. The original 
Blush has, however, given rise to sports named 
respectively Pink, Princess of Wales and Crimson, 
the two former being the best. All the other 
Malmaisons may be regarded as imitations of the 
original rather than lineal descendants. The first 
of these originated in Belgium and was named 
Mme. Arthur Warocque or the Scarlet Malmaison, 
and is still cherished for its dwarf, branching habit 
and fragrant reddish-scarlet flowers. It also submits 
more readily to forcing than the old Malmaisons. 
The variety was first bloomed in this country in 
18go. 
About 1893 Mr. Martin R. Smith, of Hayes, com- 
menced raising new Malmaisons by using varieties 
that do produce seed. His first batch numbered 
something like 200 seedlings and from these he 
selected ten of superior merit, which have scarcely 
been excelled by any that have since made their 
appearance. This lucky hit at once established the 
reputation of an amateur cultivator and raiser, and 
the production of new and improved varieties belong- 
ing to other sections of the Carnation at Hayes, has 
since been marvellous. 
APlea for the Malmaisons. 
A houseful of well grown Malmaison Carnations 
presents a gorgeous and effective appearance. 
Many writers affect to despise them simply on 
account of their size, but that would apply equally 
to all other florists’ flowers. The late Mr. F. W. 
Burbidge described the original type of race as the 
empress of all Carnations, “and many others speak 
of them in equally eulogistic terms. The number 
of cultivators is annually increasing and probably at 
no period of their history have they been grown in 
greater quantity or variety. This alone would 
