Paperback
• Three British expert carnation growers contribute to this guide
• Included are chapters on carnation history, varieties, planting indoors and out, pests and diseases, and a January-through-December Calendar of Operations
• Eight varieties are pictured in full-page black-and-white plates
This 1911 work, written by three British expert cultivators of the carnation, includes a "Calendar of Operations" a month-by-month description of plants in four varieties: Border Carnations and Picotees; Malmaison Varieties; Perpetual-flowering Varieties; and Pinks. The book includes eight black-and-white plates of carnations.