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1. Grenadins — Single, mostly dark self-colored 

 flowers of strong color. These are grown for per- 

 fumery, and for coloring and flavoring liquors. 



2. Fantasies — Double, very prolific types, with 

 variously colored or variegated flowers, tending to 

 produce a great proportion of meritorious seedlings. 



3. Flamands or Flemish— Striped or self-colored 

 pompon -like flowers, with large and nearly entire 

 petals and very attractive habit. 



4. Perpetual or Remontant kinds, or the forc- 

 ing carnations. 



5. Dwarfs or Verviers, small, sturdy plants, for 

 outdoor cultivation. 



6. BiCHONS, remarkable for their fresh colors, 

 rather soft substance, and fragrance. 



7. Sables, or Picotee-like forms. 



But none of these classifications sufficiently indi- 

 cate the wonderful and constant variability of the 

 carnation. A classification which was satisfactory a 

 generation ago is of little use at the present time. 

 This fact indicates that new types of carnations are 

 appearing, — not new varieties simply, but wholly new 

 types, adapted to wholly new uses. In our day we 

 have seen the appearance of Malmaison and very 

 recently the Marguerite types, — forms which are as 

 distinct from the carnations in this exhibition hall 

 as some species are from each other. The first of 

 the Malmaison class to gain prominence was the 

 cream -colored Souvenir de la Malmaison, which has 

 now an interesting company of pinks and reds, all 

 agreeing in a strong bushy habit, luxuriant "grass" 

 and enormous fragrant flowers of unique pattern 

 which bloom in late winter or spring if grown 



