32 PRESENT-DAY GARDENING 
with a fine brush, the powder will adhere to the brush, 
and may be conveyed to the style or stigma by lightly 
touching it with the same brush. The best time of the 
day to do this is from 11 o’clock A.M. to 3 P.M. On cold, 
dull days the pollen is not in a suitable condition to be 
used. The plants, bearing the flowers about to be ferti- 
lised, should be removed to a greenhouse at some distance 
from the other Carnations in flower. Referring again to 
the varieties to be chosen as seed and pollen bearers, 
I would select in crimson Bizarres, Master Fred as a 
pollen-parent, and John S. Hedderley as a seed-bearer ; 
the variety Sarah Payne as a pollen-parent, and William 
Skirving as a seed-bearer, Charles Henwood, a purple 
Flake, should be crossed with the pollen of Gordon Lewis. 
Sportsman, a scarlet Flake, might be crossed with the pollen 
of Matador. In rose Flakes, Thalia should be crossed 
with Merton. 
Before giving a list of white-ground Picotees for cross- 
breeding purposes, it may be as well to state that all the 
seedlings will not be of the same class as the parents. I 
was trying to obtain a fine purple-edged Picotee from seed. 
I therefore crossed the variety, Her Majesty, with another 
fine, wire-edged variety, and obtained, amongst other good 
selfs, one which was sent out under the name of Purple 
Emperor. All the classes of Show Carnations and Pico- 
tees have a strong tendency to revert to the self-coloured 
state. 
In heavy-red Picotees, Ganymede should be crossed 
with John Smith, In the light reds, Thomas William with 
Mrs. Gorton. 
In heavy purple-edged Picotees, Fanny Tett may be 
