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are the two most commonly grown, but Wivelsfield White 

 promises to become a serious rival, as it is more productive 

 than either of the varieties mentioned. It has a strong 

 strain of American blood in it. In the light pink class, 

 Enchantress and May Day are reckoned to be the two best 

 varieties of American origin, but Lady NorthcIifF and 

 Salmon Enchantress are exceedingly popular English intro- 

 ductions. In dark pinks. Rose Pink Enchantress, Rosette, 

 and Mrs. C. W. Ward are the most popular American-raised 

 varieties, but Mary Allwood, the English variety of recent 

 introduction, is outclassing them. As to reds, there is a 

 great deal of controversy. Some claim that Scarlet Glow 

 is the best variety of American origin, while the new variety 

 Champion has a great many followers, but the growers 

 have yet to find a variety which yields good flowers in 

 plenty for the Christmas market, and this is what all 

 Carnation specialists there are striving for. The prices 

 for red flowers at Christmas are very good indeed. Of 

 crimsons the most popular is undoubtedly the new Prmcess 

 Dagmar, and this is proving a great success. It is making 

 the English varieties Carola and Triumph strain to keep 

 their places. 



The British growers never understand why Americans 

 do not encourage the heliotrope colored varieties. The 

 three best of this shade are Fairmount, Mikado, and the 

 new Bishton Wonder. 



Regarding yellows and fancies, there is not much call 

 for these, and it is doubtful whether it pays a market grower 

 to touch them. 



A new class that might be very popular in America is 

 a cross between the American Carnation and the old 

 Souvenir de la Malmaison, known in England as Per- 

 petual Flowering Malmaisons. These plants produce 



