CARNATIOX. 
or purple colour on the upper side and wliite 
beneath. In. each of these classes, there are 
numerous varieties ; particularly the third, 
which some years ago v*'as held in most esti- 
mation by Florists. Of late years, liowever, 
the Flakes have been in greatest request. 
To enumerate," says Miller, in his cele- 
brated Gardener's Didlionary, ** the varieties 
of the Carnation, would be needless: since they 
are not permanent, and every country pro- 
duces new flowers almost every vear; which, 
though at first raising they may be greatly 
valued, in two or three years become so com- 
mon as to be of litlle- worth — especially if they 
are defective in any one property — and are 
turned out, to make room for new comers. 
For the variety of pompous nalnes, we refer, 
therefore, to the Lists published yearly by 
florists and Nursery-men; who either raise 
these flowers from seed, or import them from 
abroad. 
" The following are what the Florists call 
the geod properties of a Carnation. 
1. The 
