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will have to be looked over regularly, and the flower 
stalks tied up until they have made their full growth. 
On no account should the stakes be higher than the flowers 
themselves. They should always be an inch or two 
shorter. If the season is dry, the carnations should be 
watered. 
Diseases and insect pests will be dealt with in later 
chapters. 
Varieties of Border Carnations — 
Almire , bright yellow, edged and flaked rose. 
Cassandra , delicate flesh colour. 
Cottage Maid , pure white. 
Duchess of Fife, clear bright pink. 
Duchess of Portland, white ground, edged rose. 
Duchess of Roxburgh, yellow, marked with rose and lavender. 
Francis Wellesley, deep carmine rose. 
Golden Eagle, rich golden yellow, edged and marked red. 
Granville Gem, rich metallic heliotrope. 
Isinglass, rich crimson scarlet. 
Roses 
The Rose is the most popular of all garden flowers, 
and rightly so. Its beautiful form, lovely colour, and 
exquisite perfume unite in making it worthy of our care 
and attention. The small bushes which become covered 
with pretty flowers in their season may be planted as 
edgings to borders. Some of the taller - growing kinds 
may be planted partly on their sides and pegged down. 
They will then send up large numbers of flowering 
branches, thus making a complete flower bed of apparently 
dwarf-growing Roses, which has a very pretty effect. 
We have also the bush varieties, which produce lovely 
blooms of fine size and substance; the standards and half 
