THE PINK AND CARNATION ‘HOUSE Bis 
the idea with a ‘ pooh,’ simply because they have never 
tried it, or never allowed their minds to think about it. 
The first thing to do is to get a stock of suitable 
Pinks and Carnations, and the next thing is to know 
how and when to propagate them. This is simple 
enough if those who undertake the matter do but begin 
at the proper place and persevere to the end. I will 
suppose that a man wishes to produce 2,000 Pink and 
Carnation plants for forcing, and such as will not dis- 
appoint him in the results. How many stock plants 
must he get at once to do this in one season? and 
when must he get them? are the most important 
questions. If he wishes to possess 1,000 plants fit for 
forcing of each class, he must buy them in the month 
of September: 50 or 60 well-established, early-struck 
Pinks of the sorts recommended, and 150 old but good 
plants of the Carnation. The last season pipings, or 
layers, may be used, but unless the last of these are 
very strong, they will not do. These must be two-year- 
old plants in pots and of a good stocky character, for 
the Carnation will not yield so many pipings as the 
Pink per plant, at the same age. The 50 or 60 Pinks, 
if good and early-struck stuff, will do; but the Carna- 
tions will not, unless they are healthy and stocky. 
Now we may suppose that we have the plants at 
nome, and in good pots, all growing. Place them in a 
mild heat, in a pit or house; continue to encourage 
them to grow, and as soon as a batch of good pipings 
can be had, take them off with three or four joints, and 
prepare each in the usual manner; then, having a lot 
of deep seed-pans ready—square ones are the best for 
economising the room, but the former are necessary to 
get depth enough—previous to preparing the pipings, 
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