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CLIBRANS, NURSERYMEN, 
" The fairest flowers o' the season are our Carnations 
— Winter’s Tale, tv., 4. 
CARNATIONS. 
For many years we have devoted special attention to the 
cultivation of Carnations. Owing to their great popularity 
and the rapidly increasing demand, we have considerably 
extended our facilities for their cultivation. For the culti- 
vation of Malmaison and Tree varieties, American and 
English, we have erected new houses of large capacity, that 
enables us to grow them to perfection on the largest scale. 
For the cultivation of Border varieties we have built a 
series of frames, and considerably extended our outdoor area. 
Our stocks of all classes of Carnations are exceptionally fine. 
We make a point of keeping all our collections close up to date 
by the addition of all new varieties of real value. By con- 
tinual observation and comparison, coupled with our long 
experience, we regularly discard those varieties that prove 
of little value, or have been superseded by better ones. This 
process results in keeping our collection select, and of the 
highest value. 
We are always happy for visitors to inspect our stocks, 
as at all seasons of the year there is something of interest. 
During the winter and early months of the year, Tree Carna- 
tions in pots make an effective display. These are followed 
by the many glorious varieties of Malmaisons, these in 
turn being followed by the Hardy Border varieties and 
Picotees. The American type of Tree Carnation blooms 
through practically the whole of the year. 
AMERICAN CARNATIONS. 
The American Carnations have maintained and still 
further increased their great popularity. The large, 
non-bursting flowers, their purity and richness of 
colour, the delicious fragrance that many of them 
possess, together with the long strong stems upon 
which the flowers are borne, and the fact that they 
are almost continually in bloom, combine to make 
them the most useful and beautiful of all Carnations. 
The collection contained in this List is, we believe, 
the most extensive in existence in this country. We 
have imported our stocks from the U.S.A., in most 
cases from the actual raisers. From these, we have 
propagated the plants we distribute. 
