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the interests of the trade as well as the gardener to 

 intensify rather than obliterate one of the great 

 charms of the flower. 



I thank most heartily the contributors to this little 

 book; and if the reader wishes to consult other 

 writers, the following works may be recommended : 



" Le Jardinage des Oeillets." A. Paris, 1647. 



" Nouveau Traite* des Oeillets." A. Paris, 1676. 



"A Practical Treatise on the Carnation." By 

 Thomas Hogg, Florist, Paddington Green, 1839. 



" The American Carnation How to Grow it." By 

 Chas. Willis Ward. A. T. De la Mare Printing and 

 Publishing Company, New York. 



"Rea's Flora." By John Rea, London. Printed 

 for George Marviott, Fleet Street, 1676. 



"Dodwell on the Carnation." Derby, W. Bacon, 

 Beckett Hill Works. 



" Carnation Manual." Published by the Carnation 

 Society. Messrs. Cassell & Co. 



" The Book of the Carnation." By R. P. Brother- 

 ston. John Lane, Bodley Head, London. 



E. T. COOK. 



May 1905. 



