THE “CLOVE” CARNATION | 5 
the standard of excellence in this class for sixty years. 
Seventy years before Curtis started the Botanical Magazine, 
Broadley named and described the several sections of 
Carnations ; the present long-calyxed type was introduced 
from France about 1740. The Clove Carnation was con- 
sidered a variety by itself, as is the case to-day, “sweetly 
clove scented, and of a deep red or crimson colour.” 
There has generally been a white Clove, but it is of some 
interest to know that the plants have always exhibited a 
weak constitution, 
I have raised one variety named Bookham White 
Clove, which is very rich in the peculiar Clove perfume, 
but it will not last many years if exposed to the vicissi- 
tudes of our climate in the open border. On the contrary, 
white Carnations with but little scent are quite hardy and 
thrive well from year to year out-of-doors. One of the 
best is Trojan; certainly not inferior in hardiness of con- 
stitution to any border Carnation. 
Flakes and Bizarres formed another class. Picotees had 
also come into existence under the name of Piquettes, or 
as in the modern name of Picotees; but at that time, and 
for half a century later, they appear to have comprised 
varieties which would be placed in the category of border 
or “fancy’’ Carnations. Painted or Dainty Ladies were 
much esteemed in those days. They are not much sought 
after now, but nevertheless they make a very bright feature 
in any collection of Carnations. The petals of these Dainty 
Ladies are rose or scarlet on the upper side, and whitish 
or of a pale rose or red colour on the under side. 
Soon after the commencement of the nineteenth century, 
Carnations were shown at the public exhibitions, although in 
the earlier years the Peninsular wars, and the almost con- 
