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In addition there are strains of what may be termed 

 Annual Carnations. Such is the French Grenadin, truly 

 a biennial, both single and double, with small flowers of a 

 sweet scent, and extraordinarily floriferous. Marguerites, 

 which sown in spring flower the same year. The 

 flowers are of moderate size, fringed, and very sweet. 

 Allied to these are those termed Riviera Carnations, a 

 form cultivated by cottagers along the Mediterranean, 

 but which has not yet made progress in this country ; and 

 last, though not least, the Malmaison section, which is 

 treated of separately (v. Chapter V.). 



