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marked with flakes of rose-lilac and rosy-red ; Sweet Lavender, 

 apricot ground, edged and flaked pale lavender; Yolande, deep 

 yellow, heavily edged and flaked crimson ; Henry Mackenzie, 

 yellow, lightly margined and marked rose ; Mona, buff ground, 

 scarlet margin ; Sir Walter Scott, reddish buff, lightly edged 

 and streaked red ; Miss Florence, petals white, lightly dashed 

 rose-red ; Miss Mackenzie, buff ground, flaked rose ; Pelegia, 

 deep pink, flaked silvery slate ; Monarch, buff, marked crimson ; 

 the Czar, yellow ground, with heavy margin of purple ; Zingara, 

 yellow ground, heavily barred and flaked maroon and red. 



The above are the best of the genuine border Carnations, 

 although every class and section of them, except the Tree 

 Carnations and the Malmaisons, may be thus described. 



Next in importance as border and greenhouse plants are 

 the 



Yellow Ground Picotees. Amongst fanciers there are fre- 

 quent disputes as to what is really a yellow ground Picotee, 

 as in the opinion of those best able to judge, the varieties 

 named and classed as yellow ground Picotees are more 

 allied to fancy Carnations. This is so, and the National 

 Carnation and Picotee Society requested a committee of its 

 members to define the varieties that should be classed as 

 Picotees, separating the others and putting them in the fancy 

 class. 



A perfect yellow ground Picotee should have a clear 

 yellow ground, with the margin narrow or wide of one colour, 

 red, rose, crimson, scarlet, and purple, but without spots or 

 markings of any kind on the petals. Very few are to be 

 found up to this standard of excellence. The variety raised 

 by Mr. Martin R. Smith, and named Childe Harold, is the 

 best example, but it is not yet in commerce. The follow- 

 ing almost reach this standard: Carracci, Daniel Defoe, 

 Edna May, Lady St. Oswald, Lauzan, Borderer, Badminton, 

 Countess of Jersey, Day Dream, Dervish, Duke of Alva, 

 Empress Eugenie, Hygeia, Ladas, Lady Bristol, Mr. Nigel, 

 Mrs. Douglas, Mrs. Tremayne, Miss Violet, Mrs. R. Syden- 

 ham, Mohican, Ouida, Professor, Stanley Wrightson, and 

 Wanderer. I find most of the above varieties grow as freely 

 in the open garden as they do with me in the greenhouse, 

 when the beds are raised about three inches above the sur- 

 face of the ground. Indeed, it will be found that all the more 

 delicate forms of Carnations pass through the winter and 

 spring months in much better condition when treated thus. 



Next in importance are the 



Bizarres and Flakes. These are the favourite flowers of 

 the old florists, and are still grown to a high state of per- 



