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GLENNY ON THE CARNATION AND PICOTEE. 
good, double, white fair, colour middling, 
marking faulty, petals firm, edges apt to be 
serrated, size average. 
Tomlyne's Briseis. — Pod good, form mid- 
dling, centre rather faulty, double, white good, 
very high colour, marking good, petals firm, 
edges smooth, size large. 
Iron's Defiance. — Pod good, form good, 
double, white good, colour good, marking fine, 
petals firm, edges smooth, size large. 
Wood's Rosabella. — Pod middling, form 
good, white fair, double, colour bright, mark- 
ing fine, petals firm, edges smooth, size average. 
Wilson's Harriet. — Pod good, form good, 
double, white good, colour washy and poor, 
marking middling, petals not first-rate, edges 
smooth, size large. 
Barrenger's Apollo. — Pod good, form 
good, double, white good, colour striking, 
marking good, petals smooth-edged and firm, 
size average. 
Fletcher's Duchess of Devonshire. — 
Pod good, form good, double, white middling, 
colour rather dull, marking good, petals rather 
flimsy, edges occasionally rather serrated, size 
average. 
Lowe's Marchioness of Westminster. — 
Pod good, form good, double, white good, 
colour dense, marking good, petals firm, edges 
smooth, size large. 
Elliott's Duchess of Sutherland. — 
Pod good, form good, double, white good, 
colour good, marking fine, petals firm and 
smooth edged, size average. 
Hufton's Rosea. — Pod good, form when 
made up good, but naturally quarters, double, 
white good, colour rather poor, marking good, 
petals firm, edges smooth, size average. 
list of picotees recommended. 
Barraud's Cornelius. — A broad or heavy 
red-edged variety. 
Sharpe's Duke of Wellington. — A 
broad or heavy red-edged variety. 
Sharpe's Gem. — A light or narrow red- 
edged variety. 
Sharpe's Red Rover. — A broad or heavy 
red- edged variety. 
Wildman's Isabella. — A broad or heavy 
red-edged variety. 
Headley's Sarah. — A light or narrow 
red-edged variety. 
BRrNKLOw's Rising Sun. — A broad or 
heavy red-edged variety. 
Sharpe's Countess de Grey. — A light 
and narrow red-edged variety. 
Kirtland's Duke op Wellington. — 
A light or narrow red-edged variety. 
Sharpe's Hector. — A light or narrow red- 
edged variety. 
Jessop's Sir William Middleton. — A 
heavy or broad red-edged variety. 
Burroughes' Mrs. Bevan. — A light or 
narrow red-edged variety. 
Headley's Nannette. — A heavy purple- 
edged variety. 
BrinkloVs Perfection. — A light pur- 
ple-edged variety. 
Brinklow's Lady Chesterfield. — A 
light purple-edged variety. 
Dickson's Trip to Cambridge. — A heavy 
purple-edged variety. 
Giddin's Vespasian. — A light purple- 
edged variety. 
Ely's Field Marshal. — A heavy purple- 
edged variety. 
Ely's Mrs. Fenton. — A light purple-edged 
variety. 
Ely's Favourite. — A heavy purple-edged 
variety. 
Kirtland's Princess Augusta of Cam- 
bridge. — A heavy purple-edged variety. 
John's Prince Albert. — A light purple- 
edged variety. 
Barraud's Coriolanus. —A heavy purple- 
edged variety. 
Mansley's (or Mitchell's) Nulli Secun- 
dus. — A heavy purple-edged variety. 
Sharpe's Invincible. — A heavy purple- 
edged variety. 
Sharpe's .Agitation. — A heavy purple- 
edged variety. 
Wildman's Prince Royal. — A heavy 
purple-edged variety. 
Hepworth's Emily. — (New) purple-edged 
variety. 
Mathew's Enchantress. — A light purple- 
edged variety. 
Barnard's Mrs. Barnard. — A light bright 
rose-edge, very narrow. 
Barraud's Bride. — A light bright rose- 
edge. 
Green's Queen Victoria. — A broad light 
bright rose-edge. 
Kirtland's Mrs. Annesley. — A broad 
light bright rose-edge. 
Twitchet's Fair Rosamond. — A broad 
light bright rose-edge. 
Wilson's Miss Fanny Irby. — A broad 
light bright rose-edge. 
Wain's Queen Victoria. — A light bright 
rose-edge. 
Garratt's Lady Dacre. — A light bright 
rose-edge. 
Mathews' Ne Plus Ultra.— A red light- 
edged variety. 
There would be in a great majority of 
these Picotees such a sameness of description 
that beyond the colour and the distinction of 
light and heavy marking, there would be little 
that is interesting. They are selected as the 
best show flowers, which in their way have 
made as large an advance towards the standard 
as we can boast in the present day. They 
