30 PRESENT-DAY GARDENING 



which have been taken from the plants just as they were 

 grown, and these are exhibited with their natural foliage, 

 for comparison with those placed on cards. Considerable 

 discussion has arisen at the meetings of the Carnation 

 Societies as to the best way of exhibiting Carnations, either 

 on cards or without them ; but the general feeling of the 

 members is that they should still be exhibited on cards, 

 especially the Flakes, Bizarres, and white-ground Picotees, 

 but that there should also be classes for undressed flowers 

 staged as they are cut from the plants. 



