DIANTHUS CARYOPHYL'LUS. 
Var. Brabbin’s Squire Meynel. 
CARNATION. 
Class. 
DECANDRIA. 
Order. 
DIGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
CARYOPHYLLACEiE. 
Native of 
Height 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Cultivated 
England. 
feet. 
August. 
Perennial. 
in 1597. 
No. 871. 
The Carnation has been a favourite flower in all 
ages, and its name, Dianthus (from Dios, anthos), 
Jove’s Flower, clearly implies superiority. 
The present variety, which we publish from the 
collection of the Messrs. Pope, of Handsworth, 
possesses those qualities which are esteemed as 
requisite to constitute a first-rate flower. We do 
not figure it as one that excels every other of the 
family ; their unbounded numbers prevent this. 
It is gratifying to know that England is preem- 
minent in its culture of the Carnation. In no other 
country are prizes offered, to the extent they are 
amongst us, to excite the emulation of cultivators, 
in raising new varieties, that shall come up to the 
acknowledged standard of perfection. 
Our continental neighbours pay little regard to 
any fixed laws of beauty, whereby to judge the 
Carnation ; which, although they may be conven- 
tional, are indispensable, when flowers are to be 
compared and judgment passed on their varied 
characters. The French, for instance, seek for 
novelties and monstrosities, rather than for flowers 
approaching an acknowledged standard of merit. 
