. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 248 CARNATION CARNATION feet imbrication ; the calyx tube was cut partly down between the teeth, to prevent excessive splittinjr at one side and to give more freedom to the expansion of the. 366. Section of Carnation ilower, c, d, bracts; b, calyx; a, style. flower. These and many more tedious details seem to h
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 248 CARNATION CARNATION feet imbrication ; the calyx tube was cut partly down between the teeth, to prevent excessive splittinjr at one side and to give more freedom to the expansion of the. 366. Section of Carnation ilower, c, d, bracts; b, calyx; a, style. flower. These and many more tedious details seem to have wrought the downfall of this sweet flower about the middle of the nineteenth century. All the foregoing has reference to those types of Car- nations which are but little known or grown in America at the present day. The varieties so common in Europe are usually kept in coldframes or coolhouses during the winter, and as spring approaches the plants are brought into their blooming quarters, for no flower is expected to appear until the month of July, when there is a great profusion of blossoms, but for a short season. Therefore, they can all be classed as a summer race. They are also grown permanently in the open. Perpetual-flowering Carnation (Remontant, Monthly, or Tree).—The Carnations so common In America, and grown so extensively under glass for win- ter cut-flowers, originated about 1840 as a distinct race of Perpetual-flowering Carnations. A French gardener, M. Dalmais, according to M. Jean Sisley, of Lyons, ob- tained the flrst real constant-blooming Carnation, which was called Atim, and sent out in 1844. It was the result of artificially crossing Oeillet de Mahon, or St. Martin, because it was regularly bloomed in November, with pollen from Oeillet Biohon. The flrst gain was crossed with Flemish Cai'nation with repetition. In 1846 he obtained a great number of varieties of all colors. M. Schmitt, a distinguished horticulturist of Lyons, fol- lowed in the work, and
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