Carnation variety `Lonviatex`

Abstract

A new variety of standard carnations having blossoms of medium size and a generally purple color which are borne singly on strong stems of medium length, and the blooms being produced profusely during the recurrent blooming habit of the plant; the plant itself being a fairly tall bush having a height of about one meter with moderately abundant foliage and a vigorous, upright and rather rigid growth habit.

We claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinctive carnation cultivar, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by the relatively light shading of the purple coloring in the body of the petal and the petal margins as compared to the parent plant of which the present plant is a natural mutation.