Picotee
Picotees are only distinguished from Carnations by the markings of their flowers. The petals of a Carnation flower, other than a self, are either flaked or barred; while those of the Picotee have a ground colour, and are edged with a second colour, which is used to separate the varieties into the divisions referred to below, according as the edging is lightly or heavily shown. The plants are propagated in the same way, and succeed under the same treatment, as Carnations; their flowers are superior, and the colours more clearly defined, when properly grown under glass, but, for ordinary purposes, the plants succeed admirably in the open air. Subjoined is a selection of Picotees from the several divisions. For details of culture, see Carnation.
Heavy Purple-edged. ADMIRATION (Turner), JESSIE (Turner), LIZZIE TOMES (Dodwell), MRS. A. CHANCELLOR (Turner), MRS. SUMMERS (Simonite), MURIEL (Hewitt), NOVELTY (Matthews), PICCO (Jackson), REDBRAES, RIVAL PURPLE (Hooper), TINNIE (Dodwell), ZERLINA (Lord).
Heavy Red-edged. DR. EPPS, ENSIGN (Fellowes), J. B. BRYANT (Ingram), JOHN SMITH (Bower), LORD VALENTIA (Kirtland), LOTHAIR (Fellowes), MISS SMALL (Fellowes), MRS. BROWN (Payne), MRS. DODWELL (Turner), PICTURATA (Fellowes), PRINCESS OF WALES (Fellowes), ROBERT SCOTT (Flowdy).
Heavy Rose-edged. CONSTANCE HERON (Fellowes), EDITH DOMBRAIN (Turner), FANNY HELEN (Niven), LADY BOSTON (Fellowes), LOUISA (Addis), MISS HORNER (Lord), MRS. PAYNE (Fellowes), MRS. WEBB (Fellowes), ROYAL VISIT (Abercrombie).
Light Purple-edged. ALICE (Lord), AMY ROBSART (Dodwell), ANN LORD (Lord), BEAUTY OF CHELTENHAM (Abercrombie), CLARA PENSON (Wilmer), EVELYN (Hewitt), HER MAJESTY (Addis), MARY (Simonite), MINNIE (Lord), MRS. LANGTRY (Fellowes), NYMPH (Lord).
Light Red-edged. CLARA (Bower), GROSTEEN (Fletcher), MRS. BOWER (Bower), MRS. GORTON (Simonite), PRINCESS MARY (Fellowes), THOMAS WILLIAM (Flowdy), TOXOPHOLITE (Payne), VIOLET DOUGLAS (Simonite).
Light Rose-edged. DOROTHY (Fellowes), EMPRESS EUGENIE (Kirtland), ESTELLE (Fellowes), ETHEL (Fellowes), EVELYN (Fellowes), JEANETTE (Abercrombie), LADY CARINGTON (Abercrombie), LUCY (Addis), MISS GORTON (Dodwell)
Yellow-ground. FLAVIUS (Turner), MRS. COLMAN (Turner), PRINCE OF ORANGE (Perkins).