Excerpt from Select Carnations, Picotees, Pinks The illustrations are intended to represent the various sections of the Carnation and Pink, and at the same time to show the form and markings as they exist in the varieties employed as far as the camera can fix them. Grateful acknowledgement must be accorded those who have assisted in this part of the work by lending illustrations or flowers, namely, to Mr. James Douglas, Great Bookham, for border Carnations; to Mr. Charles Young, W'est Derby. For the Malmaison Princess of \/vales; to Messrs Sutton and Sons, Reading, for Marguerite Carnations; and to Messrs. Hugh Low and Co, Bush Hill Park, and Messrs. T. S. Ware, Ltd., Feltham, for flowers of American Carnations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.