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Malmaison Hort.|mælˈmeɪzɒn|
[Short for Souvenirs de Malmaison (Fr. ‘recollections of Malmaison’, the palace at which the empress Josephine held her court), originally (and still) the name of a delicate variety of blush rose, and transferred to the carnation from some notion of resemblance.]
A variety of the carnation.
1892Carnation Manual 149 The Malmaison Carnations can be classed with the tree or perpetual types. 1896J. Ashby-Sterry Tale Thomas (1903) 53/2 The three ladies in their fresh crisp morning dresses, their Malmaison carnations, and their warm-coloured wraps. 1900Bk. Gardening 708 Carnations are divided into three groups: (1) Show, (2) Tree or Perpetuals, and (3) Malmaisons. Ibid. 709 Malmaisons..Sorts: These are all varieties obtained from the original Souvenir de la Malmaison. 1901Daily Chron. 20 July 10/3 [The bridesmaids] carried conventional bouquets of pink and sulphur malmaisons. |