CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. HISTORICAL NOTES i 



II, TYPES OF BORDER CARNATIONS .... 14 



III. CULTIVATION OF BORDER VARIETIES . . .21 



IV. EXHIBITING THE FLOWERS 29 



V. CROSS-FERTILISATION 31 



VI. SELECT LISTS OF BORDER CARNATIONS 35 



VII. THE MARGUERITE CARNATION 39 



VIII. THE GARDEN PINK 41 



IX. SOUVENIR DE LA MALMAISON CARNATIONS . . 47 



X. PERPETUAL- FLOWERING CARNATIONS . . .61 



XL PROPAGATION OF PERPETUAL-FLOWERING VARIETIES 66 



XII. CULTIVATION OF PERPETUAL-FLOWERING VARIETIES 73 



XIII. STAGE OR BENCH SYSTEM OF CULTIVATION . . 84 



XIV. PESTS AND DISEASES 87 



XV. SELECTION OF VARIETIES OF PERPETUAL-FLOWER- 

 ING CARNATIONS 91 



XVI. ROCK-GARDEN PINKS 93 

 XVII. CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS . .- . .100 



INDEX . e * , , * . . 115 



