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the ground on finishing, as an inconvenience will 

 attend its being too full, when the operation of 

 laying comes to .be performed, which requires 

 some additional mould on the surface, for the lay- 

 ers to strike into." 



When the plants are thus potted off for bloom, 

 the pots should be placed in an open airy part of 

 the garden, under a frame of small iron rods or 

 hoops, that they may be covered with mats in 

 case of frosty nights or heavy rains, but at all 

 other times they should be kept open to the air, 

 and frequently watered with soft water from a 

 fine rosed watering pot, giving them more fre- 

 quent waterings just as they begin to flower, pay- 

 ing at the same time attention to the flower stems 

 as they advance, which must be supported with 

 small sticks to prevent their being broken by the 

 wind. 



The pots of Carnations should not be housed 

 too early, as the first frosts of the autumn are not 

 so dangerous to them as those of the spring, after 

 they have become tender by housing, and during 

 the winter the waterings should be very moderate. 

 Those who have spare frames may protect them 

 as recommended for the Auriculas. 



The Clove Pink and the Picotee Carnation, 

 being of a hardier nature than other Carnations, 

 are able to stand the frost of moderate winters. 



