SELECT CARNATIONS AND PICOTEES. 
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effected, great as that undoubtedly is, not that I agree with 
a taste too prevalent here of classing large-sized flowers first. 
Shape I consider a far greater point — large, well-formed, 
guard leaves,, and the others imbricated regularly on them, with 
a good crown. 
HEAVY-EDGED, RED. 
Rarraud’s Cornelius. Undoubtedly a noble flower. The 
edging is very high-coloured, a brilliant red; the petals large 
and well shaped, the white pure, and the colour keeping well 
to the edge. The habit of the plant is good ; but, to my taste, 
the flower is a little too thin, as it does not crown well: still 
it is a very fine flower, and indispensable to a grower of this 
lovely tribe. 
Brook's Duchess of Cambridge . A pretty flower, novel in 
colour, a bright red, white good, opens well, and altogether a 
neat flower. 
Giddens Sir R. Peel. A very striking flower, the colour 
an intense red, almost black. The habit of the plant is not 
good, nor do I think it a first rate flower, though worth growing 
for contrast’s sake. 
Rrinklow s Masterpiece. Mr. Dickson, of Brixton, the eminent 
grower of carnations and picotees (to whom I would recommend 
all persons desirous of being well treated, and liberally and fairly 
dealt with, as they are sure of having fine, strong, healthy 
plants true to name, and every advantage given them), says 
in this year’s catalogue, as published in the Gardener s Gazette , 
that this variety is the same as Gidden’s Teazer. I cannot 
think he is right. Teazer has always been here a difficult plant 
to grow, whereas Masterpiece is a very free grower. The 
colour of the latter, too, is higher, and the flower fuller. I may 
be wrong, but this is my view of the matter. 
Sharpe's Duke of Wellington , were it not for its pudding¬ 
shaped pod, which makes it very liable to burst, this would be 
the best heavy red out, as it is, if caught, a very pretty flower, 
round in its shape, good in its colour, and deserving a place in 
any collection. 
Mitchell’s alias Mansley’s Nulli secundus, a northern flower, 
consequently thin, but deserving of its name, possessing as it 
does, all that constitutes a first-rate show flower; white good, 
edging heavy and well defined, and the shape excellent. A 
