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are fitted for it, as is the case over a large area of 

 our sea-girt land. 



It is not enough that the laced, flaked, and 

 other beautiful groups of the varieties of D. 

 Garyophyllus should be grown in frames or 

 otherwise ; we should show the flower in all its 

 force of colour in our flower-gardens, and this 

 is an entirely distinct question from the growth 

 of kinds hitherto known as "florists' flowers." A 

 great many people who may not have the skill, the 

 time, or the means necessary for the growth of 

 the finest florists' flowers, would yet find the 

 strong and brilliant " self " Carnations delight- 

 ful in their gardens in summer and autumn, 

 and even in winter, for the Carnation, where it 

 does well, has a fine colour-value of foliage in 

 winter, Avhich makes it most useful to all who care 

 for beautiful colour in their gardens. There is 

 nothing more welcome as colour than strong 

 groups or tufts of early autumn-planted Carnations 

 grouped among Tea Roses, adorning the garden 

 throughout the winter and spring, and full of 

 promise for the summer and autumn. 



What Carnations are the best for the open air ? 

 The kinds of Carnations popular up to the present 

 day are well known by what is seen at the Carnation 

 shows, and in the florists' periodicals, like the Floral 

 Magazine, Harrisons Cabinet, and, indeed, all 

 similar periodicals up to our own day, when I began 



