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" And 'tis my faith that every flower enjoys the air it breathes.’’ 
— Wordsworth. 
Border Carnations. 
SELFS, CLOVES AND FANCIES. 
For Garden adornment, the Carnation produces an effect 
at once unique and beautiful. The diversity and wide range 
of their colours, the smooth, even formation of the flowers, 
together with their freedom of growth and of flower, and 
the distinct appearance of the foliage, lend a charm that 
would otherwise be absent. The sweet fragrance of many 
of the varieties adds also to their value. 
Cultural Note. — When the ground is in good working 
condition, is not too much exposed, and does not retain too 
much moisture in the winter, wc strongly recommend autumn 
planting as giving stronger plants and a better display of 
bloom. In bleak, exposed localities, the plants should be 
wintered in small pots in a cold frame, and planted out in 
April. Border Carnations usually thrive in any good garden 
soil. Their chief enemy is the wire worm, and this may be 
kept at a distance by sowing mustard seed in late summer 
where it is intended to plant the Carnations, and digging the 
mustard crop in when it has reached the height of six or eight 
inches. 
The following collection includes the most profuse bloomers 
of vigorous growth, suitable alike for cutting or garden 
adornment. 
PRICES. 
Our selection, 4/6, 6 / and 9/- per doz., 30/-, 40/ , and 60/- 
per 100. 
Purchaser’s selection of those not priced, 9d. each, 6 /- 
per doz. 
Unnamed varieties for massing, 3/- per doz., 20/- per 100. 
mt New and recent varieties are printed in heavy type. "WE 
No. 
77.I Acquisition, rosy-pink ; a lovely flower of fine form ; 
very free. 
780 Agnes Sorrell (A.M., R.H.S.), rich dark maroon ; a 
handsome flower. 
785 Alice Ayres, pure pearly-white, centre petals delicately 
marked carmine ; very fine. 
795 AMY ROBSART, a fine bold white self, large well-formed 
flowers borne on erect stems ; It gained First Prize 
for 9 blooms Challenge Cup Class, National Carnation 
and Plcotee Society, London, 1908. 3/6 
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