Plate 80. 
LIGHT-EDGED PICOTEES. 
Dianthus Caryophyllus , var. 
Amidst the revived taste for florists’ flowers, of which we may 
discover considerable traces around us, we hope the numerous 
varieties of Carnations and Picotees will be considered worthy 
of cultivation; for, although they doubtless entail a vast deal 
of trouble, both in their growth and blooming, and are compa¬ 
ratively a short time in flower, yet there is something so exqui¬ 
sitely beautiful and delicate in them, we do not wonder that 
whenever exhibited they attract a large share of attention, 
and that sometimes the uninitiated believe that they must be 
artificial, so delicate is the colouring, and so thick and wax-like 
the petal. 
Picotees are divided into six distinct classes,—red-edged, 
purple-edged, and rose- or scarlet-edged, of each of these there 
being two classes, known as heavy and light edges, this term 
being applied not to intensity of the colour, but to the breadth 
of it on the edge; and in our Plate we give representations, 
most carefully and faithfully made, by Mr. Andrews, of two of 
the newest varieties produced. They were exhibited by Mr. 
Turner, of Slough, at one of the meetings of the Floral Com¬ 
mittee of the Royal Horticultural Society, along with some 
other seedlings, and were greatly admired. No. 1, Mrs. Hole 
(named in compliment to the wife of the Rev. S. Reynolds 
Hole), is a light red-edged flower, of good properties; the pe¬ 
tals are large, and of good substance, and of a pure white; the 
edge is of a clear bright red, confined to the margin of the 
petal, without bar or spot, and the habit of the plant is good. 
The flower itself reminds one of Turners Eugenie , but the white 
is much purer than in that favourite variety. It received a label 
of commendation. No. 2, Lady Elcho , is a very pretty example 
