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Salmon and other shades of Pink. Lady Allington, Lady Northcliffe, 

 Rose Dord 



Red. Britannia, Beacon, Scarlet Glow. 



Crimson. Triumph, Carola. 



Yellow and Yellow Ground. Fortuna, Golden Glory, J. Whitcomb 

 Riley, Sunstar, Canary Bird. (For Border Carnations see p. 17.) 



MALMAISON CARNATIONS have been eclipsed to a great extent by the 

 perpetual flowering varieties, but are still grown largely and are offered 

 in the trade in large numbers. They are cultivated in the same way as 

 the perpetuals under glass, but flower chiefly in May and June. After 

 this time they are usually propagated from layers which are potted up 

 as soon as the roots are well formed, and are placed as near the glass as 

 possible. The old " Blush " variety has given rise to many sports, including 

 the " Pink" and " Princess of Wales". [c. E.] 



Carnivorous Plants. A somewhat restricted trade is done by a few 

 specialists in these plants, which are usually grown in cool houses, and in a 

 compost of peat and sphagnum moss. The best-known kinds are Darling- 

 tonia calif ornica, with curious hood-like leaves, mottled green and white; 

 Dioncea muscipula, the well-known "Venus' Fly-trap", the curious toothed 

 leaves of which resemble a rat trap in appearance and action. Cephalotus 

 follicularis, the Australian flycatcher, and various species of Sarracenia, 

 such as Drummondi, flava, laciniata, purpurea, rubra, variolaris, &c., all 

 remarkable for their coloured and netted tubular leaves with lids. 



To these must be added the Tropical Pitcher Plants (Nepenthes), which 

 require to be grown in a hot and moist atmosphere, and in a compost of 

 peat and sphagnum, to secure finely coloured " pitchers" (see Vol. I., pp. 49, 

 50, fig. 41). 



Carpet-bedding" Plants. Notwithstanding the onslaughts made on 

 carpet bedding, a large trade is still done in plants used for this particular 

 style of gardening, and so long as a demand exists, growers will always 

 respond. The following plants are raised chiefly for carpet-bedding pur- 

 poses, those marked with an asterisk being hardy: 



*Achillea umbellata. 



Acrodine Saundersoni. 



Agathcea codestis variegata. 



Agave americana variegata. 

 *Ajuga reptans purpurea. 



Alternanthera. 



Alyssum maritimum. 

 *Antennaria tomentosa. 

 *Cerastium tomentosum. 



Coleus Verschaffelti. 



Cotyledon (Echeveria). 

 *Dadylis glomerata variegata. 

 *Herniaria glabra. 



Kleinia repens. 



Leucophyton Broioni. 



^Lysimachia Nummularia aurea. 

 ^Mentha Pulegium gibraltaricum. 

 Mesembryanthemum cordifolium 



variegatum. 

 Nertera depressa. 

 Pyrethrum aureum. 

 Eochea (Crassula) falcata. 

 *Santolina incana. 

 ^Saxifraga, mossy vars. 

 *Sedum. 



*Spergula (Sagina) pilifera. 

 *Stellaria graminea aurea. 

 *Teucrium polium. 

 * Veronica Candida. 



