CARNATIONS 



Carnations and Picotees have long held a place among the 

 choicest of garden flowers. Like the Rose, they have been 

 beautified by doubling, a character which with few exceptions 

 detracts from the beauty of a flower. They are beautiful in 

 form, delightfully fragrant, they last a long time, and they 

 may be successfully grown even in unfavourable localities. 

 There are many varieties, and these are divided into groups 

 according to the striping or flaking of the flowers, these groups 

 being named se/fs, flakes, bizarres, cloves, &c. Picotees differ 

 from Carnations in having laced instead of striped petals; 

 they are merely sports from the Carnation proper. Tree 

 Carnations are usually grown in pots, and where the con- 

 ditions are favourable they are easily managed. Full directions 

 for the cultivation of all the forms of Carnations will be found 

 in the chapter devoted specially to them. 



