This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: …Carnations as Daisy Walker and Mrs. Andrew Brotherstone in the same Class. Probably when the war is over separate Classes for Nondescript Fancies will once more be included in the Schedule. The present arrangement certainly discourages the cultivation of Nondescript Fancies, and this is a very great pity, as several of them are well worth growing. Mrs. Andrew Brotherstone may undoubtedly be counted amongst the elect few varieties of first rank. The flower is exquisitely formed, the guard petals are large, and the flowers open well without the slightest tendency to reflex. The stems are thick and hold the blossoms erect with very slight support. The delicious clove scent is a notable point of attraction. The colouring is unique, the ground being a rich purplish crimson which is mottled or marbled with white. Mrs. Andrew Brotherstone has won many prizes. Caprice also is well up to exhibition standard, and has often been included in prize-winning collections of Fancies. The ground colour is pink with deep rose spots. Hecla is another notable Carnation; the ground colour is maroon, flecked with brilliant scarlet. Banshee has a bright lavender ground flecked with bright red, and is a most attractive flower. Salome’s ground colour is heliotrope or mauve, with rose-coloured stripes. Harlequin is well named with its canary, rose, and crimson, stripes. Two new Nondescript Fancies will shortly emerge from Great Bookham. Mrs. Arthur Cruwys is described as being plumpurple, striped with bright scarlet, and has large full blooms, a unique and remarkable flower. Distinction has a pink ground, marked with blood-red spots, and is clove scented. Bizarres, Flakes, and Picotees Those who love and admire Bizarres and Flakes are apt to say that the reason these types of Carnati…
