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Light Rose and Scarlet. 

 Favourite, Ethel, Nellie, and Lucy. 



Yellow Picotees. 



The improvement made in this section during the last few 

 years has been very great. The first of any note was Prince of 

 Orange, raised by Mr. Perkins, of Leamington, and from this 

 many fine varieties were raised in 1879 in the Royal Nurseries, 

 for example, Princess Beatrice, Mrs. Cavell, Harlequin, Lightning, 

 Flavius, Mrs. Coleman, Alice Waite, Eleanor, Ne Plus Ultra, 

 Bullion, and many others which are still in cultivation. Nothing- 

 further of much note was brought out until Mr. Douglas raised 

 a very fine batch in 1885, which were a very great stride over 

 those previously in cultivation. These were : Agnes Chambers, 

 Almira, Annie Douglas, Colonial Beauty, Dorothy, and Terra 

 Cotta. Mr. Douglas again exhibited several new varieties last 

 year, one of which, Remembrance, is a great advance on former 

 varieties ; and he will no doubt continue to improve on the 

 varieties he has already introduced. 



Mr. Turner, in reply to a question by Mr. Martin Smith, 

 said that when once a seedling had " run " it always maintained 

 that character afterwards. 



Mr. Cannell said his experience was the same. 



THE CARNATION AS A TOWN FLOWER. 

 By Mr. Martin Rowan. 



For those like myself who have followed their gardening hobbies 

 in a London suburb during the last thirty years, the deteriora- 

 tion of climate, which has caused one favourite after another 

 to drop out of the list of things easy to grow, is no doubt a matter 

 which raises many regretful memories. But if the Queen of 

 Flowers has been almost scared away, while most of our fine 

 perennials refuse to dwell with us, and dainty creatures like our 

 Hepaticas and Gentians are quite a dream of the past, there 

 are, on the other hand, so many things of first importance and 

 excellence still left to us that we may well lay aside our regrets 



