SELECT CARNATIONS AND PICOTEES. 
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Lovegroves Seedling , No. 5. Another fine flower, apt to burst 
its pod; but if this is watched, will well repay any care be¬ 
stowed on it. 
Twitchett’s Fair Rosamond. A fine flower, wants a few 
more small petals to make a better crown ; but, with all this, it 
is a sweet variety. 
Wilson s Miss Fanny Irby. A pretty scarlet-edged flower, 
raised by the Hon. and Rev. Robert Wilson, raiser of Harriet, 
Pluperfect, &c. 
Sykes' Eliza. A fine flower, old, but possessed of qualities 
deserving of its being continued as a favourite. Well and judi¬ 
ciously opened, it is equal to any of the reds in cultivation, 
being a large, full, and well-shaped flower. 
Wildman's Isabella. A very splendid flower, the colour a 
bright cherry-red, the white most pure, the petals large and 
well shaped, not too full, opens well, and is most distinct. A 
variety that ought to be grown in every collection. 
Orson s Adelaide and Jessop's Sir William Middleton , I do 
not know, though they have been in the winning stands about 
London this year; so suppose they must be good. 
LIGHT-EDGED, RED. 
Brinklouls Duchess. A tolerably good flower, but with a 
disposition to bar, and I hope the day is not far off when we 
shall get flowers that keep their colour well to the edge. As 
flowers go now, this is an acquisition to any collection. 
Durroug/i s Joan of Arc. A large, full, good-looking flower, 
not exactly a first rate show flower, the edges not being quite 
even, still a variety that must please. 
Burroughs Mrs. Devon. A first rate show flower. 
Kirtland's Duke of Wellington. Pod good, white clean, and 
the colour well confined to the edge; a first rate show flower, 
and, like most of this raiser’s, has plenty of stuff. 
Sharpes Hector. Another good flower; the white is waxy, 
edging good, and the habit of the plant most luxuriant. Should 
be grown by every one who has even only a small collection. 
Wood's Queen Victoria. An old variety; but, in my opinion, 
very superior to many now in cultivation. It possesses many 
of the properties of a first-rate flower, and I was glad to see it 
taking its place in the winning stands at the great Coppice 
show this year. 
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