52 THE CARNATION. 



the same in the evening", with as much open ex- 

 posure to the air at all times as you can give them, 

 without injury to the bloom. 



RUN FLOWERS CONSIDERED. 



THERE is one subject arising out of the present, to 

 which I wish to call the reader's attention a sub- 

 ject which, I frankly confess, I can neither compre- 

 hend nor explain ; and the opinions that I have 

 ventured to offer, whether my own or borrowed, are 

 founded altogether on hypothesis, conjecture, and 

 uncertainty. What I allude to are, in the language 

 of a florist, the "Run-flowers." 



Any one conversant with Carnations must have 

 remarked, in some sorts, a singular tendency to run 

 from their distinct and regularly-disposed colours. 

 For instance, a Scarlet Bizarre, that is strongly 

 marked with stripes of clove colour, will frequently 

 change into a self-coloured flower, like the common 

 clove j a Purple Bizarre, in like manner, will change 



