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THE popularity of the carnation as a florist's flower has already been enhanced by the spread of the American or perpetual flowering carnation, and will become more so as the qualities of this type are more generally recognised. Originally raised in France where they were known as “remontants,” their value was not realised until American growers took up their cultivation with excellent results. Only within the last decade have British horticulturists entered the field, but sufficient growers were found in 1906 to form the society which offers the “Carnation Year Book” (1) as its official organ. One important object of the society is to undertake the registration of new varieties; about a dozen have so far been registered, including the already famous Britannia and Mrs. H. Burnett, as compared with about 800 recognised by the corresponding American society. The volume contains several short articles, of which the most interesting deal with cultivation and hybridisation.
(1) The Carnation Year Book, 1910.
Edited by J. S. Brunton. The official organ of the Perpetual Flowering Carnation Society. Pp. 53. Price 1s.
(2) Gardening Difficulties Solved. Expert Answers to Amateurs' Questions.
Edited by H. H. Thomas. Pp. 160. (London: Cassell and Co., Ltd., 1910.) Price 1s. net.
(3) Leitfaden für gärtnerische Pflanzenzuchtung.
By M. Löbner. Pp. vii + 160. (Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1909.) Price 1.50 marks.
(4) Wild Flowers and How to Identify Them.
By H. Friend. Pp. 64. (London: Robert Culley, 1910.) Price 1s. net.
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(1) The Carnation Year Book, 1910 (2) Gardening Difficulties Solved Expert Answers to Amateurs' Questions (3) Leitfaden für gärtnerische Pflanzenzuchtung (4) Wild Flowers and How to Identify Them. Nature 84, 460 (1910). https://doi.org/10.1038/084460a0
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