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of my work on the Committee of the Perpetual- 

 flowering Carnation Society. 



** Mayday. This lovely Carnation has an assured future before 

 it, and I have no hesitation in saying that from 

 every point of view it is one of the finest novelties we 

 have had for some years. It will, without doubt, take 

 the place of at least three old favourites. 



** Enchantress and its Sports. These are too well known to 

 need description ; they all have serious faults in stem 

 and calyx, but we cannot do without them yet. 



**Fair MM. I think I was the first to see the great artistic 

 beauty of this variety. It is still one of my greatest 

 favourites for making up. It is a wonderful stayer, 

 always holds its head up, and as the Rev. G. H. 

 Englehart of Daffodil fame once said to me at one 

 of the Regent's Park Shows, it has the finest profile 

 of any of them. 



*Mrs. H. Burnett. It is a pity that this lovely variety does 

 not do as well in England as in Guernsey. It is a 

 glorious Carnation as shown by the raiser, Mr. 

 Burnett, and the Guernsey men. 



* Winsor. One of the most useful of all. It is a pity the 



stems are not a little longer. 



*Pink Delight. A perfect little Carnation, has all the good 

 points except size. It is a lovely fleshy pink 

 shade. 



Mrs. T. W. Lawson. There is still a place for this old 

 favourite, but I do not think it will hold it much 

 longer. 



* Aristocrat. When this grand variety is done well it is far 



and away the finest of its colour. It has a perfect 

 calyx, splendid shape, good long stem, and it is a 



