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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ February, 
to see how wretchedly they were provided for last year at the Bury Show of 
the Boyal Horticultural Society, and it is to he hoped that at the Show to 
he held this year at Leicester—the district being a sort of centre for these 
flowers—some better encouragement may he held out, either hy the Society 
or amongst the special prizes which are being got up in the neighbourhood. 
Moreover, as the show takes place about the middle of July, which will be 
in the height of the Carnation season, this offers a further reason for hoping 
that a fitting provision may he made for their exhibition. Amateurs’ 
classes should at least be provided for twelve Carnations, and for twelve 
Picotees ; and nurserymen’s classes for twenty-four of each. An open class 
for six of each in one group, as at Bury, gives no opportunity to growers, 
as many who cultivate the one flower do not grow the other. 
The following descriptive notes of some of our best varieties may be 
useful to your readers :— 
Carnations —Scarlet Bizarres. 
Captain Thompson (Puxley) : broad smooih pe'al, and well marked, very fine. 
Dreadnought (Daniels) : bright and beautifully marked, very fine. 
Hoivard (Puxley): large, very bright and distinct. 
Lord Derby (Heap): a nice smooth well-marked flower. 
Carnations —Crimson Bizarres. 
Eccentric Jack (Wood) : fine broad smooth petal, and very fine shape; large, beauti¬ 
fully marked, and quite distinct; extra fine. 
Graceless Tom (Wood) : a fine full-sized flower, good smooth petal; well marked, and 
very constant. 
Grand Master (Schofield): a fine smooth well-marked flower. 
Premier (Puxley) : a good full flower, smooth and beautifully-marked petal; very 
distinct. 
Carnations — Pink and Purple Bizarres. 
Falconhridge (May): fine, large, smooth, and well marked. 
Shakespere (Puxley) : - a very fine smooth flower, and nicely marked. 
Sarah Payne (Ward): a nice flower, and very distinct. 
Captivation (Taylor) : medium size, well marked, but rather faint in colour. 
Carnations —Purple Flakes. 
Dr. Foster (Foster): fine smooth petal, good white, very constant, and beautifully 
marked. 
Earl Stamford (Elliott) : a very constant good useful flower. 
Florence Nightingale (Sealey) : a very large full flower, well marked, and very distinct. 
True Blue (Taylor): a fine large flower, very smooth finely shaped petal, good white, 
and very beautifully marked with quite a novel shade of colour. 
Carnations —Scarlet Flakes. 
Annihilator (Jackson) : a large bright beautifully-marked flower, fine smooth well-shaped 
petal, good white, and very constant. 
John Bayley (Dodwell): a very fine bright "well-marked flower. 
Splendour (Kaye) : fine large flower ; very bright, and well marked. 
William Cowper (Wood): a fine full-sized flower, nicely marked, with very bright 
scarlet. 
Carnations — Rose Flakes. 
James Merryiceathcr (Wood): a large bold flower, very bright, and well marked. 
King John (May): very large fine smooth petal, beautifully marked with very bright 
rose. 
Merrimac (Wood): a very distinct, fine, large, well-marked flower. 
I Samuel Moreton (Addis) : a very large, full flower, fine smooth petal, and well marked; 
very robust habit. 
