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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
Carnations and 
August 31, 1907. 
Pieotee, 
At “The Warren,” 
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?0TpuUs ■'Kawas of Tlaxrts. 
Under the name of “Garden Nomen¬ 
clature ” is an article in the thirty-second 
volume of “The Journal of the Royal 
Horticultural Society. ” This was a lec¬ 
ture delivered by Mr. G. W. Bulman, 
M.A., B.Sc., at a meeting of the society 
in 1906. He reviewed the subject of gar¬ 
den names, showing that, however fascina¬ 
ting they may be to some people, their 
utility is very often imaginary, and apt 
to lead astray owing to the fact that the 
same name may be applied to so many 
different plants, either slightly altered or 
not at all. 
He mentions the case of confusion be¬ 
tween Philadelphus and Syringa, both 
names applying in the one case as a 
botanical name, and the other as a 
popular name. The common Cherry 
Laurel is another instance, and which is 
often named Laurel, whereas the plant 
entitled to that name is the Sweet Bay 
(Laurus nobilis). The Jerusalem Arti¬ 
choke is merely a corruption of the 
Italian Girasole" Articocco, which means 
the Sunflower Artichoke, and comes from 
North America, not Jerusalem. The 
False Acacia, or Robinia, is usually 
named simply Acacia, although very di¬ 
verse from the trees and shrubs of that 
name. Another familiar instance is the 
confusion between Geranium and Pelar¬ 
gonium, although the uninitiated may 
scarcely regard them as even related if 
the two were placed side by side. The word 
Lily has also been applied to all sorts of 
things belonging to very diverse orders. 
The Forget-Me-Not has been applied to 
various plants, and only recently has it 
been so widely given to Myosotis. 
On August 2nd we made a journey to 
The Warren, Hayes, Kent, for the pur¬ 
pose of inspecting the celebrated collec¬ 
tion of Carnations and Picotees which 
are not only grown but have been raised 
through the indefatigable labours of Mar¬ 
tin R. Smith, Esq., during the last 
sixteen or eighteen years. He is not the 
oldest of living Carnation growers, but 
he has certainly been the most distin¬ 
guished raiser of these popular, old- 
fashioned, yet modern flowers. When 
he. commenced, show Carnations and Pico¬ 
tees, occasionally some yellow ground 
short years these varieties were destii 1 
to disappear, as few growers were able ■> 
prolong their existence for many yeai 
Mr. Smith, however, has been rema - 
ably successful in the production f 
plants of strong and vigorous const; - 
tion, and though the flowers had t 
reached the perfection and refinement - 
joyed by the white ground Picotees r 
upwards of a century, yet their const; - 
tion was such that many growers co 1 
undertake their cultivation with f air jh- 
pects of success. For some years p; , 
however, varieties have been brought i 1 
Yellow Ground Pieotee Lady Gascoigne. 
[Maclaren and Sons. 
varieties, the old Malmaison, with a few 
self coloured and bedding Carnations 
practically constituted all of the Carna¬ 
tions grown. As is well known, the show 
Carnation and white ground Pieotee had 
been worn out in constitution owing to 
the system that was practised in raising 
them. 
Mr. Smith proceeded on fresh lines 
with the object of improving the race, 
and for some time was chiefly notable for 
the self coloured border Carnations, yel¬ 
low ground Picotees, and fancy yellow 
grounds which he raised. For some 
years previously several enthusiastic cul¬ 
tivators had been trying to evolve a race 
of yellow ground Picotees, but their suc¬ 
cess was very limited indeed, and in a few 
existence having all the refinement of e 
old florists' Pieotee, but with the desi i 
yellow ground colour. Although on In 
few of these refined yellow ground Pi - 
tees are in commerce, yet we presui' 
that even finer ones will yet follow in 
year or two as they.now exist in the c- 
lection at The Warren. 
Mr. Smith may also be said to he? 
evolved a race of fancy yellow groui 
Carnations at the same time as the Pi - 
tees. He has gone further, however, ap 
evolved a race of Malmaison Carnatic? 
simply by getting pollen from Souvejr 
de la Malmaison. This latter and js 
sports are the true Malmaisons, It 
neither of them produce any seed. Te 
border seifs, or a very large proportn 
