256 REMARKS ON SOME OF THE BEST SHOW CARNATIONS. 



Purple Flakes. 



Premier (Millwood's) "1 



_ . . , _ ,^,,. , , These are of about three to four years 



British Queen (Elliott's) ,. . , , • ,, 



_., , . >. standing, with clear white, well 



Mango (Ely's) f *' 



ribboned, and good purple. 

 Magnificent „ J 6 ' y 



'Squire Clark (Costar's) — Fine form, rather shy of colour. 



_ . „ ' „ (A first rate flower when young ; 



Princess Charlotte (Turner's) \ . . . . , , 3 8 ' 



[ petals soft when old. 



Beauty of Wodehouse 1 



Queen Victoria (Ely's) iThese are all first-rate flowers of good 



Lady Chetwode (Rix's) form and colour. 



Zolander (YVillmer's) J 



[A little deficient in colour, but 



f A fii 

 Bellerophon (Leighton's) 



Colonel of the Blues (Hogg's) J 



\ A fine large flower, not always clear 



good form. 



in the ground colour. 



Rose Flakes. 



Sir G. Crewe (Leighton's) 1 These are old varieties, pos- 



Duchess of Devonshire (Fletcher's) I scssing all the qualifica- 



Mrs. Hughes (Malthy's) tions belonging to a good 



Flora's Garland (Jaques's) > flower. 



n , . ,_ , , . (This flower almost approaches to scarlet in 

 Sylvia (Puxlev sK 



I colour. 



Village Maid (Greasley's) — A good show flower. 



Sarah (Hastings's) — Fine petal, rather thin. 



T . . ,_., , . (Superb form: colour rather more pink than 

 Lovelv Ann (Ely's) { l ' 



[ rose. 



Lady Ely (Ely's) ^ 



Lady Hatherley (Clark's) These are very fine flowers, both in 



Lady Gardiner (Ely's) size, colour, and form. 



Victoria (Hyron's) 



