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iological fact, that the petals exhale carbonic gas, but not oxygen. 

 Their functions are the reverse of the foliage of the plant. Vital 

 chemistry says, petals inhale and exhale the same elements from 

 the atmosphere as the human lungs. 



It is not a strained inference, that a healthful atmosphere for 

 the lungs of a man would be proper for both cut and uncut car- 

 nation blooms; in fact experience demonstrates it to be so. 



PROSPERITY. 



This carnation originated with Dailledouze Bros., Flatbush, N. Y., and 

 was disseminated in 1901. 



