CARNATIONS I4I 



you will feel that you are crowding them, but 

 you forget that the new soil which you are 

 putting around them is full of plant food, so 

 that they will not need to have a large 

 amount of soil in which to forage. 



I found that a soil consisting of equal parts 

 of rotted sod, leafmould, well-decomposed 

 horse manure, and sand, made a good 

 medium in which to grow the plants. If 

 you can mix up your soil a week in advance, 

 put in a five-inch pot full of bone meal to a 

 wheelbarrowful of soil. This must be done 

 beforehand, as it ferments, which would 

 hurt the roots if it were added just before 

 potting the plants in it. 



Be sure that the roots are spread out as 

 much as possible, and that the soil is worked 

 m well among the roots. This can be done by 

 filling up the pot, and then holding the plant 

 by the stem, gently lifting it up and down. 

 You will be surprised to find how much 

 soil will work in around the roots which 

 you could not get in there by any other 

 method. 



Firm — do not pack — the soil, first with 

 the hands, and then with a potting stick. 

 This stick should be a piece of white pine, 



