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tliem for ten years previously. He crossed the 

 Yellow and White ground varieties together, and 

 thus obtained good form with a well-defined 

 Picotee edge ; but the alliance of a deep yellow 

 ground with a white would naturally produce a 

 straw, or, at least, a pale yellow ground. He raised 

 flowers possessing breadth, substance, and form in 

 the petals ; but a grave error was made in bring- 

 ing out the pale yellow ground-colour. Smith's 

 floAvers passed out of cultivation long ago, and, un- 

 fortunately, about this thne a check was given to 

 the production of Carnations and Picotees of any 

 colour. A new style of gardening took the popular 

 fancy, and Yellow Calceolarias, Scarlet Geraniums, 

 and other easily raised plants were preferred to 

 Carnations. Twenty-five years ago only two 

 Yellow-Ground Picotees known to me were worth 

 growing, viz.. Prince of Orange (Perkins) and Ascot 

 Yellow (Standish). The last-named variety had a 

 feeble constitution, and has not been seen in recent 

 years. Prince of Orange is a vigorous growmg 

 variety, and is still cultivated in our collection, and 

 from this all the best of the English-raised varieties 

 have been produced. Yellow-Ground Carnations 

 and Picotees — at least most of them — flower later 

 than the White-Ground varieties, and in this 

 respect are valuable as prolonging the bloom. 

 Many of the recently introduced varieties have 

 vigorous constitutions, and grow equally well out- 



