This 1905 volume edited by Ernest Cook gathers advice from the foremost authorities on carnations, picotees, and pinks to provide the gardener with the best cultivation information.

This useful source by Cook, Douglas, and McLeod offers detailed information on the growing and care of carnations and pinks.

Excerpt from Carnations, Picotees, and the Wild and Garden Pinks This little volume is a companion to "Sweet Violets and Pansies," which formed the first of the smaller gardening books in the " Country Life" Library. It has been written at the request of many readers of Country Life and The Garden, and it is to be hoped that the ripe experience of the contributors to its pages, and the simple directions for the growing of the Carnation, Picotee, and the beautiful wild Pinks, will have their value. The brave masses of old Clove Carnations in the gardens of our forbears, the sweet drifts of white Pinks, and the warm fragrance scenting the summer air, are pleasant reminiscences. With a greater choice of varieties, the Carnation has developed in interest and popularity, and a garden is not a garden that is without the silvery tufts of growth which have a quiet beauty even in winter days, when we are wise enough to group them with grey-leaved shrubs, such as Rosemary and Lavender. Although Pinks and Carnations are welcome in so many ways of gardening, perhaps their greatest use, other than in wall and rockwork, is as edgings and underplantings to Roses, or something of taller stature than their own. 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.

Traces a thorough history of Dianthus species, covering in turn the charming pinks and their cultivars, carnations and border carnations, Malmaison carnations shaped like Bourbon roses, and the fabulously gaudy and sometimes intricately patterned perpetual-flowering carnations. Later chapters cover cultivation, commercial production, pests and disease, breeding, and exhibition. Includes several appendices including a monthly reminder calendar and resources. c. Book News Inc.

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