Clove Carnations

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22723, 8 May 1937, Page 20 (Supplement)

Clove Carnations

are still many folk who prefer the scent of carnations to that of any rose. It is indeed "a heavenly savour" as Bullein, a distinguished doctor m Henry the Eighth's reign,, 'described it. Just as the old roses bloomed only at midsummer, so the old border carnations bloomed only once in the ;season. but the skill of the modern hybridist has evolved the perpetual border carnation, a gift for which flower lovers will indeed be grateful. Tlfose of us who assert that nothing equals the scent of the old Clove Carnation, are -told that this is merely a •matter of sentiment. But to the -writer's way of thinking, this is true, and those who love this scent, are well advised, to grow the old Crimson Clove; the newer Royal Clove. Merlin Clove and others. Carnations are of easy cultivation, but the very little they want, they must have—full sun, a well-drained soil, and lime in some form or other. If the soil is- naturally poor, it may be enriched with a little well-decayed manure.