. The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste. times,but especially when approaching the bloom-ing season. Then the buds are thinned outas soon as they are well formed ; the flower-stems are supported by neat and slendergreen stakes; the opening blossoms areprevented from turning awry by pieces ofcard placed beneath them ; and at length,the expected time having arrived, the wholecollection is placed under a tasteful awningupon stages, the plants rising one above an-other to show all of them to the best advan-tage. It is quite impossible to imagine any-thing finer than the gay c
. The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste. times,but especially when approaching the bloom-ing season. Then the buds are thinned outas soon as they are well formed ; the flower-stems are supported by neat and slendergreen stakes; the opening blossoms areprevented from turning awry by pieces ofcard placed beneath them ; and at length,the expected time having arrived, the wholecollection is placed under a tasteful awningupon stages, the plants rising one above an-other to show all of them to the best advan-tage. It is quite impossible to imagine any-thing finer than the gay confusion thatmeets the eye when such a display is in itsperfection. II. ITS CIIAUACTER. The Carnation, in its most perfect state, isknown to florists in three principal forms,viz., the Flake, the Bizarre, and the Picotce. The Flal-e is distinguished by beingstriped, with pretty regular well markedbands or stripes of two colours only on awhite ground. (Fig. 23.) The Bizarre (from the French bizarre,odd, irregular) is characterized by having THE CARNATION. 75. Fig. 23. The Flake Carnation. irregular stripes of three colours on a plainground. (Fig. 24.) The Picotee (from the French piquettee,pricked or spotted,) differs entirely from theforegoing. They are usually bordered witha narrow margin of some dark colour, orare dotted with a great number of minutespots. The flowers are usually smaller,and the plants much hardier than the Flakesand Bizarres. The edges of the flowers inPicotees are generally serrated or cut,thoughin the finest specimens they are often nearlyeven. This class affords the greatest vari-ety of colour, both in the ground and thespots or pencillings,—yellow, purple, lilac,white, crimson, &c. (Fig. 25.) The fine points in a carnation are flower stem must be strong and erect,the calyx must open regularly and without
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