JIarch 23, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



233 



FANCY CARNATIONS. 



Fancy carnations have, as the result of 

 the activities of the raisers, undergone so room foi-^<a Larger nunrber of varieties, 

 remarkable a development within the past 



should not be perplexed by a multiplicity 

 of names^ but there are many others that 

 could be reoonimended to those who have 



ten years that they now form a group of 

 considerable importance, and enjoy a high 

 d^ree of p)opularity among those who ap- 

 preciate in even a moderate degree the 

 charms of the carnation in its many attri- 

 butes of beauty. There is no occasion, in 

 referring to the section wherein tlie fancy 

 varieties have a place, to institute compari- 

 sons Ijetween them and the selfs with a 

 view to determine their relative merits. 

 Both classes possess merits of a high order, 

 and both should be fully utilised in beauti- 

 fying the flower garden and in furnishing 

 supplies of blooms in a cut state for indoor 

 decorations. In the opinion of the writer 

 they are especially useful for pot culture 

 and for planting in borders where tlie 

 flowers will be immediately under the eye 



A^lice B. Stew^art.— A distinct and beau- 

 tiful flower, richly marked with rose on an 

 apricot ground. 

 Celestial — A 



hand 



some 



vellow-ground 



flower, marked with i 



Delicia. — A beautiful white-ground flower 

 of large size, with pink and red markino;s. 



Donald McDonald.- 



Carnation Society Show last year, and illus- 

 trated Jierewith. 



Linkman. — A remarkablj attractive 

 variety ; the floweis are large in size and 

 of superb form^ with bright scarlet mark- 

 ings on a yellow ground. 



Jjord Steyne. — A distinct and handsome 

 flower of large size, heavily marked witJi 

 crimson on a lich yellow^ ground 



Mrs. F. Gardiner. 



A charming flower of 



high quality, with apricot-coloured ground 

 and bright rose markings. 



(Mrs. J. L. Gibson. — A distinct and at- 

 tractive flower, with lilac-rose 

 a buff-coloured ground. 



Mrs. Penton. — A new Aariety of quite ex- 



rkings on 



^A large and attrac- 

 tive flower of suj^erb form, now being intro- 

 duced by Mr. C. Blick ; the ground rich 

 yellow^, deeply suff'used with bright red. 



Douce Davie.— An effective flower^ with 

 yellow ground, and suffusion of rose at the 

 margin of the petals, tlie latter marked 

 with deep r 



Father O'Flynn. — A remarkably fine of full size and fine form, the ground vellow, 

 variety, the ground bright yellow, attrac- 

 tively marked with light scarlet. 

 Forester.— A handsome 



ceptional merit, the flowers of fine form, 

 the ground buff, with rich rose markings. 

 Pasqum. — A bold and handsome flower 



flower of large size 



yellow-gr<nind 

 raised by Mr. J. 



the margi?! and markings of the petals 

 rose-lavender. 



R'hea. — A charming variety of recent in- 

 troduction, the flowens of excellent form 



CKLBSTIAL. 

 BECKY t^HARP 



UNA. 

 LIBKRTE 



Cl.KMENT. 

 GEORGE H1I?<T. 



FIRST PRIZE COLLECTION OF UNDRESSED FANCY CARNATIONS. 

 Shown by Messrs. A, R. Brown, Lim., King's Norton, at the Midland Carnation Society's exhibition in 1911. 



of the cultivator, and thus enable him to 

 «njoy to the full the exquisite colouring and 

 «^tuictive markings that so strongly ap- 

 pai to the artistic perceptions of flower- 

 joyers, and especially of those who take an 

 ^^^/^t^-^t in carnations. 



The success that has been achieved by 

 aisers m tlie improvement of the section 

 enable^l them to introduce during the 

 P^t tew years a large number of new 

 varieties of great merit, and as the result 



be^.n ''^""l^y first-class flowers has 



jecanie so lengthy as to perplex those w:ho 



milfl 'I? ^opportunities for seeing varieties 

 iintil they are widely distributed in gar- 



d.v-rl' ^''"''^ cultivators-and in- 



tho ; ; .""'^y desirous of revising 



V^f varieties grown for the purpose 



■'se^^^^^^^^^ flowers^the follow. 



^rnose^^^^^^ P^^P^^^^*- This has 



rpo.ely been made short that eultiva. 



^^ith hmited space at their disposal 



Hidalgo. 



Douglas ; the markings are crimson and 

 red. 



—A sU|>erb yellow-ground flower 

 that has been in cultivation sonu^ years, 

 and continues to hold a high position : the 

 blooms are of fine form, and the petals 

 marked with maroon and red. 



John Hidd.— A remarkably fine variety 

 that is being introduced by Mr. J. Douglas 

 this season^ the blooms are of fine form and 

 the petals' have rose-red markings on a 

 bright yellow ground. 



Leslie.— Another of Mr. C. Blick's fine 

 novelties ; the flow^ers are large and the 

 broad buff-coloured petals are margined 

 and suffused with bright rose. 



Liherte.— A fine varietv, the blooms 

 large, and of fine form, the ground clear 

 yellow, overlaid with crimson marking. 

 Tliis variety was conspicuous in the collec- 

 tion with which Messrs. A. R. Brown and 

 Co. obtained premier honours for six varie- 

 ties undressed, at the Midland Counties 



and full size t !h' ^rtMin^l <-<)]our vellow, 

 suffusiHl with r(»e-s(';uh't. 



Sweet Briar. — A n'maikahly ]ih'asing 

 variety of high quality, thr fltn\tn>s of full 

 size, with lav(MHl<M- aii.l r('•^r inaT-kings on 

 a white nroiUHl ( ahnatiox Gkoweb. 



Sweet-scented Flowers.— Tliat 



little unascsuniing heath-like f^iivnlmuse 

 shrub, Boronia megastigma, with its sober 

 tinted brownish flowers, would attract but 

 little attention were it not for the delicious 

 fragrance that they posses^.. So pronounced 

 it that a single specimen will make its 

 presence manifest throughout a good sized 

 structure. What is more, although of so 

 penetrating a nature, the perfume is not at 

 all overpowering. Another greenhouse shrub 

 remarkable for the fragrance of its ])los.s<>iiis 

 is Daphne indica or odora. Tliis flowers as 

 a rule from December onwank to the spring, 

 whereas the Boronia is generally a little 

 later in blooming. — T, 



