CONTENTS 



PAGE 



PREFACE . . . . . . . v 



I. SPECIES OF DIANTHUS . . . . . i 



II. HISTORY OF THE CARNATION. . . n 



THE NAMES OF THE CARNATION . . 14 



III. THE CARNATION AS A GARDEN PLANT . . 19 



IV. THE CARNATION IN POTS FOR DECORATION . 25 

 THE CARNATION FOR EXHIBITION . . 29 

 SELECTION OF SHOW CARNATIONS AND PICOTEES 33 



V. " MALMAISONS " . 34 



VI. TREE CARNATIONS ..... 43 



ANNUAL PINKS ...... 47 



" MARGARET " OR " MARGUERITES " 49 



VII. HISTORY OF THE PINK ..... 50 



CULTIVATION OF THE PINK . . -54 



VIII. MULES OR HYBRIDS . . . . .58 



IX. THE SWEET WILLIAM . . . . .64 



THE CARNATION AS A MARKET FLOWER . 67 



