"J. S.," Louisville, Ky., says: "I send you this morning a sample of a Seedling Carnation that I raised two years ago. I have tried it out of doors and in the greenhouse, and find it to bloom better in either situation than any other I know of. It has a very compact habit. The flower spikes get about fourteen inches high. It is a free, robust grower, and is easily cultivated. I have about one hundred strong plants on a bench which are loaded with buds and flowers. There are fully one-half more buds on them than on any Carnations I have seen or raised. What do you think of its shape and color?"

[These appeared to be fine flowers, but being addressed to the publication office in Philadelphia, instead of to the editor in Germantown, they were nearly rotten before they came to hand. - Ed. G. M.]