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CARNATIONS AT WISLEY, 1909-1910. 



A NUMBER of stocks of botli Tree and Malmaison Carnations were sent 

 for trial, all of which were grown on into large plants, and all flowered 

 profusely through the winter, spring, and early summer of 1910. No 

 awards were made after the trial, as it was found all the best' varieties, 

 both of the Tree section and the Mahnaisons, had already received 

 awards from the R.H.S. 



At the end of May some of the plants that had been flowering 

 through t'he previous winter were planted out in a sunny position, and 

 although the foliage lost colour a little, a great quantity of large and 

 useful blooms were produced by the plants, and they promise to continue 

 flowering indefinitely. Instead of throwing away the old plants of Tree 

 Carnations in the spring we would suggest planting them out in a sunny 

 place for cut flowers during the summer and autumn. 



F.C.C. = First-class Certificate. 

 A.M. = Award of Merit. 



Tree Carnations. 



Afterglow (Engelmann). — Bright rosy cerise; flowers of firm tex- 

 ture, borne on long stems. 



Alvina (Engelmann). — Deep glowing pink; a remarkably strong 

 grower and free bloomer; has a good stiff stem. 



Andrew Carnegie (Engelmann). — Scarlet shghtly tinged with rose; 

 flowers large ; petals deeply serrated. 



Apple Blossom (Engelmann)". — White faintly tinged with rose; 

 flowers of medium size; petals slightly cut; calyx bursts. 



Aristocrat (Engelmann). — Deep cerise pink; flowers large; calyx 

 good and stem erect. 



Bay State (Engelmarm). — White pencilled with carmine; flowers 

 large, 3 inches in diameter; plants very vigorous in habit. 



Beacon (Engelmann), A.M. October 29, 1907. — Scarlet tinged with 

 rose; flowers large; petals broad, slightly indented; calyx sometimes 

 bursts. 



Bonnie Maid (Engelmann). — Pale rose, fading to white at the edges 

 of the petals; flowers of medium size, clove-scented; calyx good. 



Carola (Engelmann), A.M. May 25, 1909.— Flowers large, rather 

 flat; petals somewhat crowded in the centre but loose towards the out- 

 side, coarsely indented; it was strongly clove-scented as grown at 

 Wisley, but the calyx was inclined to burst ; deep crimson. 



Defiance (Engelmann). — Bright scarlet; flowers large, rather 

 crowded in the centre; calyx good. 



Delight (Engelmann). — Salmon-pink; flowers of medium size and 

 of good form and substance ; calyx good. 



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