"P. McK.," Montreal, Can., writes: "I enclose a bloom of carnation. It is a seedling of last spring. It has been admired here and christened Albani. Please let me know through the columns of the Monthly your opinion of it, and if it is new."

[A very large salmon colored flower - a color popular for loose flower work. The tube is rather too short and too thick for the popular idea of a good flower, especially as it seems to burst the calyx very deeply on one side. In brief it is a fair flower, though hardly first-rate. - Ed. G. M.]