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likely to be injurious to them. Pot firmly is an established 

 axiom amongst Carnation growers, but this may be overdone. 

 I have seen it so at my own potting-bench. The best border 

 Carnations are the self colours, and they are now to be had in 

 almost any shade. 



Amongst white varieties : Trojan, Wild Swan, George 

 Macquay. The Briton and Helmsman are the best. 



Yellow : Germania is amongst the best, but it has lost its 

 vigorous constitution ; Miss Audrey Campbell, Mrs. Prinsep, 

 The Naiad, Pandelli Ralli. 



Buff or apricot of shades : Etarre, Cinnamon, Midas, 

 Mrs. Colby Sharpin, Prince of Orange, and Benbow. 



Crimson : The old Clove is still much sought after, Boreas, 

 Mephisto, Nox (the darkest crimson of all), and Uriah Pike. 



Scarlet : Quentin Durward, Lady Hindlip, The Cadi, Mrs. 

 M'Rae, and Isinglass. 



Dark rose or pink : Asphodel, Enchantress, Pride of the 

 Garden, and Francis Wellesley. 



Pale rose or pink : Alma, Blushing Bride, Bomba, Mrs. 

 Gascoigne, and Queen of Scots. 



Blush : Dick Donovan, Her Grace, Cassandra, Magna 

 Charta, and Waterwitch. 



Red : Bella Donna, Lamplighter, Sir John Falstaff, and 

 Mrs. Sydney Diver. 



Heliotrope or mauve colour : Garville Gem, Lady Jane 

 Grey, Haidee, Columbus, and The Druid. 



Most of the above varieties have been produced by careful 

 cross-fertilisation in the garden of Martin R. Smith, Esq., as 

 well as the fancy varieties enumerated below. Next to the 

 selfs in importance for cultivation in flower-borders are the 



Fancy Carnations. These have a ground colour of white, 

 blush, yellow, or buff, striped or mottled with one or two 

 colours, and up to five or six years ago there were few 

 good varieties in cultivation ; now they are numerous and 

 in great variety. The best are : Bertie, pinky white, shaded 

 crimson ; Cockatrice, yellow, heavily marked and edged 

 crimson ; Dalgetty, white ground, edged and flaked purple ; 

 The Baron, buff ground, edged and flaked deep crimson ; 

 Aureola, yellowish buff with deep crimson margin ; Brodick, 

 yellow, flaked rosy-red ; Czarina, heavily edged and marked 

 scarlet ; Artemis, scarlet, flaked and streaked lavender ; Elf 

 King, deep lavender, flaked scarlet; Hidalgo, rich yellow, 

 heavily marked red and maroon ; Mrs. J. A. Reynolds, buff, 

 heavily marked scarlet ; Oliver, yellowish buff, heavily edged 

 and spotted crimson ; Perseus, yellow ground, edged and 

 flaked orange, red, and lilac ; Queen Bess, apricot ground, 



