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garden at Malmaison in France. Who raised the 

 first Yellow Carnation is probably not knovfn, and 

 the origin of Souvenir de la Malmaison — a most 

 popular variety — seems also to be lost in obscurity. 

 I have suggested that it might probably have 

 originated at this residence of the First Napoleon's 

 Consort, seeing Carnations were such a favourite 

 flower there. The Yellow Carnations and Picotees 

 were also at that time favourite flowers of Queen 

 Charlotte of England and the Princesses. Hogg 

 informs his readers that they possessed a superb 

 collection at Frogmore, and when in flower they 

 were the dehght of all who saw them. Hogg im- 

 ported a fine collection himself from the South of 

 Germany, and gives descriptions of thirty-six named 

 varieties. Many of us would like to possess such 

 varieties now. There were " Chocolate and Yellow," 

 " Pink and Yellow," '' Sulphur and Crimson," " Bufl", 

 Scarlet, and Grey," "Yellow, Purple, and White," 

 " Yellow, Crimson, and Chocolate," " Yellow, Slaty, 

 and Grey," and some mth "Scarlet stripes upon 

 Lilac grounds." Hogg complains of the diflficulty in 

 keeping them alive in his garden at Paddington. 



A very successful attempt to raise Yellow 

 Picotees from seeds was made by a Mr. R. Smith, 

 at Witney, Oxfordshire, in 1855-56. He exhibited 

 some of his best flowers at a public exhibition in 

 1858, and won all the leading prizes. Writing in 

 1858, Smith states that he had been working at 



