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list were birthed outside of the carnation zone, nor has there 

 ever been any other valuable commercial carnations. As to the two 

 California introductions, see the chapters bearing on their nature. 



The above engraving is a group of three carnations, Kd- 

 wardsii, white, red and variegated L,a Purities. It was obtained by 

 the late Charles Starr, and is the first engraving made from the 

 Alegatiere remontant type in this country, possibly in the world. 

 It was engraved about 1880, and has been in the writer's possession 

 fifteen years. Without accurate data as to the time it was made, 

 or the scale of size on which it was wrought, the inference is safe 

 that it dates back toward the era that carnations began to be 

 esteemed and cultivated in America. The cut represents flowers 



