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IRISH GARDENING 



Real Border Carnations. 



THIS month it is necessary to look over one's Car- 

 nation beds to replace any layers which have 

 failed during the winter, and to make a note of 

 those varieties which have best stood the 

 wintry weather, so that they chiefly maybe propagated 

 when the layering season comes round. L'nfortunalely 

 many of the choice Carnations seen at the principal 

 shows throughout the United Kingdom— correctly 

 described technicallvAs "border" varieties — are grown 

 under glass, and comparatively few of these will 

 succeed in the open, when really treated as border 

 Carnations. As a consequence many Carnation lovers 

 are disappointed, and some cease trying to grow the 

 flower they like so much. This is a great pity, for there 

 are numerous sorts of thoroughly hardy constitution. 



Others give up the Carnation from non-success, which 

 is due to lack of tlr'ainage, whereas in fact Carna- 

 tions can be grown in any 1,'arden if the requisite 

 simple preparations be made. Where the soil is stifl' 

 or wet, abundance of t,""illy material — coarse sand, 

 mortar rubbish, or the like— should be used, and the 

 i;round trenched two spades deep, raising the beds 

 and giving them a good slope towards the sun. Only 

 old manure should be used, and this about one-spade 

 deep below the surface. 



The premier Irish Carnation Firm have won prizes 

 almost everywhere for their real border Carnations, 

 their stock being grown throughout the year quite un- 

 protected, planted out in their flowering quarters. The 

 blooms staged by Messrs. Watson at horticultural shows 

 are all cut from tlie open, and a special Carnation 

 booklet with full descriptions of numerous capital doers 

 may be had on application to Messrs Watson at 

 Clontarf Nurseries, Dublin. Sturdy young plants of 

 their gold medal varieties can be had now, ready for 

 planting out, to bloom this year. 



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