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due care be taken to keep them regularly moist, 

 and to shade them from the heat of the meridian 

 sun : they are then to be cut off from the old 

 plant, with about half of an inch of the stalk 

 which connects them with it, and be immediately 

 planted in small pots, three or four plants in 

 each, placed round the sides. The pots are to 

 be placed under an arch of hoops, where they 

 can be covered with mats, in case of excessive 

 rains, till the severity of the weather renders it 

 necessary to remove them into their winter re- 

 pository. 



The propagation of Carnations by pipings is 

 very precarious. Maddox says, '* Five thousand 

 plants were piped one season, of which not more 

 than one hundred perished, whereas more than 

 two thousand were lost of the same number the 

 year following, with but very little variation in 

 the management; nevertheless, some sorts suc- 

 ceed much better by piping than laying, and 

 make healthier plants : it requires attention and 

 experience to distinguish such sorts from the 

 rest." Where shoots are too short for laying, or 

 where they become broken by accident, it is 

 necessary to have recourse to piping ; and for this 

 purpose it is necessary to have a slight hot-bed, 

 and cover it four or five inches deep with fine 

 light mould, laid very regular and even. " The 



