30 PRESENT-DAY GARDENING 
which have been taken from the plants just as they were 
grown, and these are exhibited with their natural foliage, 
for comparison with those placed on cards. Considerable 
discussion has arisen at the meetings of the Carnation 
Societies as to the best way of exhibiting Carnations, either 
on cards or without them; but the general feeling of the 
members is that they should still be exhibited on cards, 
especially the Flakes, Bizarres, and white-ground Picotees, 
but that there should also be classes for undressed flowers 
staged as they are cut from the plants. 
