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France. The variety had quite a low growth, and very 

 pretty scarlet flowers freely produced. English growers, 

 notably Mr. May of Edmonton, produced very beautiful 

 varieties. Miss Joliffe, raised by a gardener, was a favourite 

 variety for a long time ; it was a good pink colour. Mrs. 

 Moore, white ; Winter Cheer, scarlet ; William Robinson, 

 scarlet, and many others followed. In more recent years 

 many beautiful varieties have been introduced from America, 

 but these are within the recollection of everybody. 



" MALMAISON " CARNATIONS 



The Souvenir de la Malmaison Carnation has been 

 cultivated for some sixty years or more. Souvenir de 

 la Malmaison has very large, blush-coloured flowers ; it 

 produced a pink-coloured sport which is also very popular ; 

 and a striped variety named Lady Middleton. My cousin, 

 Mr. R. P. Brotherston, says that the original Souvenir de 

 la Malmaison was raised from seed by Mons. Laine, a 

 Frenchman, in 1857. ^ e believes that the sport, Lady 

 Middleton, appeared at Luff ness, in East Lothian, in 1870 ; 

 and the pink Malmaison in 1873, or earlier. There is a 

 crimson form supposed to be a sport, but this is doubtful, 

 as it does not resemble the original variety in the form of its 

 flowers or in its foliage. The varieties raised at Hayes by 

 the late Mr. M. R. Smith are now widely cultivated. The 

 variety Nell Gwynne is large and pure-white. Lady Grim- 

 ston is marked with red on a pink ground. There are 

 other very beautiful shades of blush, pink, salmon pink, 

 scarlet, and crimson, whilst quite recently this type has 

 been crossed with the tree or perpetual-flowering Carnations, 

 for the purpose of getting perpetual-flowering " Malmaison " 

 varieties. 



