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A pretty white ground Fancy Carnation, Delicia. 



find out. My own theory is that all her 

 strength goes to top growth, and the roots 

 are too small to nourish it. I have had a 

 plant live out of doors for a year and a half, 

 and obtained nearly a dozen layers from it. 

 At the London Show of 1913 Mrs. Robert 

 Berkeley was well represented in all the 

 Divisions, which proves it is possible to 

 keep her alive ; and she is so supremely 

 lovely that it is worth a trial to do so. 

 Rosy Morn seems to be an excellent Carnation 

 for those who like rose-colour rather than 

 true pink. It won the class for its colour 

 in the Challenge Cup at the London Show, 

 1913, and did better at Edenside last year 

 than any other pink or rose Carnation. 

 At present the best true pink Self, both for 

 border and exhibition, is Mrs. Robert Gordon. 

 Very nearly, but not quite, as beautiful as 



Mrs. Robert Berkeley, but 

 unquestionably healthier, it is 

 also extraordinarily floriferous. 

 A second-year plant in my 

 garden produced about one 

 hundred flower stems, and 

 each stem had an average of 

 three to four blossoms. As 

 far as I know this constitutes 

 a record. In this connection 

 I should like to remark that 

 growers who prefer quantity 

 to size should always keep 

 their plants a second year. 

 Lady Hermione is a fine old 

 salmon-pink variety, and since 

 Queen Mary took her to the 

 Coronation has been more 

 than ever a favourite. This 

 is one of the earliest Carna- 

 tions to come into bloom, and 

 forces well if required to do 

 so. Mrs. Gascoigne is a 

 thoroughly satisfactory Carna- 

 tion for border growth. Annie 

 Laurie, Ilene, and Innocence 

 are good pale pink and blush 

 Carnations. Most of the older 

 varieties of pink Carnations 

 have weak grass, thin stems, 

 and flowers poor both in sub- 

 stance and shape ; I strongly 

 advise my readers to mark 

 and avoid them. 

 Purple and Lavender Selfs. Purple 

 Emperor is a strong variety, bearing large 

 blooms, but the colour is too dark to please 

 some people. Irma was much admired at 

 the London Carnation Show, but I cannot 

 say whether it is suitable for border cultiva- 

 tion. Ellen Douglas, the Duchess of Welling- 

 ton, and Greyhound are excellent lavender 

 Selfs ; the first named is exceptionally sweet- 

 scented. 



Fancies. These are usually subdivided 

 under three heads : Yellow Ground Fancies, 

 White Ground Fancies, and Fancies other 

 than yellow or white ground. 



Yellow Ground Fancies. Edenside is 

 considered the finest Fancy ever raised, and 

 the greatest break in type since Hidalgo 

 appeared fourteen years ago. It has a rich 

 apricot ground, pencilled on the edge and 



