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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



PlCOTEES. 



Heavy Bose and Scan 



Edge. 

 Edith D'Ombrain. 

 Mrs. Payne. 

 Mrs. Sharp. 

 Royal Visit. 



Light Rose and Scar 

 Edge. 

 Favourite. 

 Miss Lee. 

 Mrs. Ricardo. 

 Nellie. 



Selfs. 



Heavy Purple Edge. 

 Amy Robsart (Dodwell). 

 Mrs. Chancellor. 

 Muriel.* 



Light Purple Edge. 

 Clara Penson. 

 Juliette. 

 Mary* 

 Nymph. 



Heavy Bed Edge. 

 Brunette. 

 J. B. Bryant. 

 Mrs. Dodwell. 

 Master Norman. 



Light Red Edge. 

 Emily. 

 Mrs. Gorton. 

 Thomas William. 

 Yiolet Douglas. 



White. 

 Bride (Hodges'). 

 Emma Lakin. 

 Mrs. Muir. 

 W. P. Milner. 

 White Clove. 



Blush. 

 Comte de Chambord. 

 Comtesse de Paris. 

 Governor. 



Bose. 

 John Barnett. 

 Mrs. George (Dodwell). 

 Rose Celestial. 



Pink. 



Celia. 



Lady Agnes. 



Maroon. 

 Florizel (Dodwell). 

 Maestro ( do. ). 

 The Old Clove. 



Yellow. 

 Bell Halliday. 

 Edith. 

 Germania. 

 Will Threlfall. 



Buff. 



Amber. 

 Florence. 



Mrs. Reynolds Hole. 



Salmon. 

 Eveline (Dodwell). 

 Mrs. Vernon Harcourt 



(Dodwell). 

 Win. Harding (Dodwell). 



Purple. 

 Imperator (Dodwell). 

 Neptune ( do. ). 

 Purple Emperor. 

 Purple Clove. 



Scarlet. 

 A. L. Roland. 

 Joe W T illet. 

 Murillo. 

 Scarlet Gem. 



Yellow-ground Carnations and Picotees. 



Agnes Chambers. Dodwell's Seedling, No. 574. Prince of Orange. 



Almira. Do. No. 166. Rachel. 



Alfred Grey. Do. No. 614. Terra Cotta. 



Colonial Beauty. 



THE CARNATION AS A BORDER FLOWER. 



By Mr. Richard Dean, F.R.H.S. 



I have been asked to treat of the Carnation as a border 

 flower, as everybody's flower, in fact— the floral pet of all who 

 love the sweet-smelling blossoms of the old Gillyflower of our 

 English gardens. It can appeal to our patriotism with a kind of 

 pride of race, and it compels the homage of the heart and senses 

 to a degree perhaps shared only by the Rose. Let the rosarian 



