174 CULTIVATION. 



begun, to go over again the course of culture 

 which has been ah'eady traced. 



The distinguishing characters of carnations in 

 regard to each other, as applied by florists, are : 



Bizarres* ; scarlet, crimson, purple, and pink 

 and purple. 



Flakes ; scarlet, purple, rose, and pink. 



" Bizarres, or such as contain two colours upon 

 a white ground, are esteemed rather preferable to 

 flakes, which have but one, especially when their 

 colours are remarkably rich and very regularly 

 distributed. Scarlet, purple, and pink, are the 

 three colours most predominant in the carnation : 

 the two first are seldom to be met with in the 

 same flower ; but the two last are very frequently. 

 When the scarlet predominates, and is united with 

 a paler colour, or, as it sometimes happens, with 

 a very deep purple upon a white ground, it con- 

 stitutes a scarlet bizarre, of which there are many 

 shades and varieties, some richer and others paler 



* Or Bizards. 



