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hybridists would do well to make this one blemish to 

 be eradicated in the future. A split Pink as well as a 

 split Carnation is not pretty, and the flower is beaten 

 down by rain, bedraggled in soil, and its beauty utterly 

 destroyed, no matter how clear and winsome the 

 colouring may be. It is stained and soiled and un- 

 worthy of our affections. The following selection is 

 not free from faults, but they are the varieties most 

 often seen in nurseries and gardens. 



LACED PINKS 



The best of this group are Amy, Boiard, Bueno 

 Retiro, Brackleen, Capo di Monti, Chantilly, Clara, 

 Device, Duke of York, Empress of India, Eurydice, 

 Excellent, Godfrey, Harry Hooper, Jeannette, John Ball, 

 Lupra, Minerva, Mrs. Darke, Mrs. Lakin, Mrs. Pomeroy, 

 Mrs. Welsh, Mrs. Waites, Maggie, Morna, Modesty, Old 

 Chelsea, Pheasanfs Eye, Reliance, Rainbow, Sarah, 

 The Rector, Wedgwood, and Zurich. Of these the 

 following have flowers that rarely split : Mrs. Lakin, 

 a very useful little Pink, which occurred in a bed 

 of seedlings of laced varieties ; the petals are well 

 formed, smooth-eyed, and the calyx does not burst 

 open, while the growth is dwarf, compact, and flowers 

 are borne abundantly. Another excellent variety is 

 Pheasant Eyed ; it has been distributed, Mr. R. Dean 

 tells me, under the name of Samuel Barlow ; at any 

 rate, the latter, no doubt, put into commerce in per- 

 fect good faith, seems identical with it. It has hand- 



