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usual with Carnations. Tlie cuttings will bo well 

 rooted by the end of August, at which time, or 

 early in September, they must be put singly into 

 small pots, and placed under a frame, which at first 

 must be shut up close ; if they can be assisted by a 

 temperate dung-heat at this time it will be better 

 for them. In the frame they must be shaded and 

 watered as before. About the middle or end of 

 October, they are to be taken into the green-house, 

 or other shelter, where they can be protected from 

 wet and frost ; during the winter, they must be 

 watered once a week or fortnight^ as they require. 

 In the latter end of May or early in June follow- 

 ing, they must be turned out into a bed of rich 

 mould, in the open ground, to remain there till 

 September, when they must be taken up and pot- 

 ted, and kept protected from damp and cold, as in 

 the preceding winter. Instead of turning them 

 out, as stated, in the spring, they may be retained 

 in pots ; but they must be shifted twice during the 

 summer. By either method fine strong plants will 

 be formed, fit for forcing or turning out in the suc- 

 ceeding spring. If w^anted for the borders, let them 

 be put out when 111 danger of their sustaining injury 

 by frost is over ; they will stand the winter in the 

 borders, and m\\ also bear flowers, though not so 

 well as when protected by a house. Those which 



