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CASSELL'S POPULAR GAUDENING. 



SlNOLB-FLOWEKED BeGONIAS. 



Pavonrite (Cannell). 



Indiaa Chief. 



Orange Perfection. 



Orimsou King. 



Glow-worm. 



W. E. Gladstone. 



Eosy Morn. 



Earl of BesshorougU. 



Countess of Bessborough. 



Lady Kirk. 



Mdlle. Tressonean. 



Mr. Laing. 



DOUBLE-I'LOW 



Intermedia plena. 



Leon de St. Jean. 



Esther. 



Frangois Brechnir. 



Le Grand Citoyen. 



Blanche Duval. 



Lucie Lemoine. 



Grand ville. 



Comtesse H. de Choiseul. 



Madame Gomesse. 



Garnet. 



Shirley Hibberd. 

 Countess of Kingston. 

 Crimson Perfection. 

 Mrs. H. Cannell, 

 Wonder. 



L'Abbe Fromeut. 

 Reve d'Or. 

 Salmon Queen. 

 Jeanne d'Arc. 

 Alba fiorabunda. 

 Monarch. 



ERED Begonias. 



i William Bealby. 

 Mons. Lepouv**.. 

 Gabrielle Legros. 

 Louis d'Or. 

 Marie Lemoine. 

 M. Paul de Vicq. 

 Kosamonde. 

 Glolre de Nancy. 

 Sir Bealby. 

 Mons. Bauer, 



Caenation. 



Carnations and Pieotees. — The Carnation 

 and Picotee are varieties of Bimithus Carophylliis, 

 though some have as- 

 serted that the Picotee is 

 a distinct species. These 

 flowers, as well as the 

 Pink, are said to have 

 heen introduced first into 

 England from Italy, and 

 have derived their names 

 in the English language 

 irom their colour — Pink, 

 Carnation orflesh-colour. 

 'The Carnation was also, 



as wen as the Clove, styled by the old English 

 florists, Clove-Gilllflower, from its blooming in July. 

 iCtoiations are divided into two main divisions, 

 Bizarres and Flakes. There are three classes of 

 Bizarres — Scarlet, Crimson, and Pink and Purple ; 

 •and there are Scarlet, Purple, and Rose Flakes. 

 Bizarre is an epithet borrowed from the French, 

 implying something fantastic, and there must be 

 three distinct tints or shades. Flaked flowers have 

 stripes or flakes of colour on a white ground. 



In order to make the distinctions of the florist as 

 clear as possible, we refer to the accompanying 

 diagram. In all cases of what are termed the 

 "show" varieties of Carnations and Pieotees the 

 .ground-colour of the petals is white. This is flaked 

 -and barred with colour ; and in a show Carnation the 

 flakes all run radially, from the centre of the flower 

 to the edges of the petals. In order to have a 

 " Bizarre " Carnation, then, there must be at least 

 two distinct colours marked on the white ground, as 

 seen in the accompanying diagram. A " flaked " 

 Carnation has a white ground also, with clearly de- 

 fined flakes of colour also running radiaUy along the 

 petals, and reaching to their edges. In the case of 



a Scarlet-flaked Carnation, the colour is scarlet;" a 

 Purple-flaked, purple; and a Hose-flaked, rose, on 

 the wliite ground ; and in some varieties of Scarlet- 

 flakes, for instance, the colour is denser than in 

 others. 



Ficotees are unlike Carnations in that the colours 

 are confined to the margins in the form of an edge, 

 and there are Purple-edged flowers, Ecd-edged, and 

 Eose-edged ; and these are again divided into Heavy 

 and Light edges. Pieotees have white grounds to the 

 flowers also, but instead of the snowy petals being 

 flaked or barred with colour, it is entirely on their 

 edges, narrow in what are termed Light-edged flowers, 

 broad in Heavy-edged flowers. The Picotee is gene- 

 rally less robust in growth than the Carnation, but it 

 must not be supposed that it is therefore necessarily 

 of delicate constitution. There is a class of j-ellow- 

 ground Pieotees, of delicate gi-owth, requiring great 

 care in cultivating them ; but of late years a much 

 stronger-growing race has been introduced, whiih 

 are becoming gi-eat fa- 

 vourites because of their 

 more easy culture. 



Cloves axe generally 

 self-coloured flowers- 

 Carnations or Pieotees 

 in which one or more 

 colours are distributed 

 all over the flower. 



A new race is termed 

 J?ancy Carnations; they 

 have coloured grounds 

 to the flowers, such as pink, rose, mauve, pale scar- 

 let, &e., with flakes of some deeper colour, differing 

 from the older " Show " Carnation in the tinted 

 ground. They are becoming great favourites. 



■The fine named varieties of the Carnation and 

 Picotee are generally grown in pots. On the whole 

 l!hey are of a robust constitution, and do well in 

 the open ground, but the finely-marked flowers that 

 the florist prizes so highly can only be had on plants - 

 cultivated in pots, and so under control. Any 

 one cultivating a few varieties of each for pleasure 

 will find it to their advantage to grow them in 

 pots. 



Culture. — Any one intending to cultivate these 

 plants should obtain their plants in the autumn, in 

 the form of nicely-rooted layers. These should be 

 potted singly in small pots,- or two plants in a largo 

 pot, one on either side. And now comes in the 

 matter of compost, which is one of great importance. 

 That most recommended by growers is one made as 

 follows : — good and rather adhesive loam, four parts, 

 one part rotten stable manure, and one of leaf-mould, 

 with enough of coarse sand to keep it open ; and of 

 late years cultivators have added a little broken 



Picotee. 



