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“Here are Roses and Lilies too, 
And the Pink with its perfumed wings; 
He loves the Pinks!’’—she leans and lingers; 
Then clip! clip! 
Ah such gems, 
And over our 
Grey green stems, 
She clasps her supple fingers. 
She places us on her warm white breast, 
We forgive her cruel clipping; 
Alas!a rude step hasteneth, 
To steal the love we are sipping, 
To wear the flower he loveth best; 
He comes! 
And stands, 
Then takes 
Her hands! 
The curtain falls—you know the rest. 
ENVOY. 
He clasped her to his strong young breast, 
She no more stops and thinks; 
Two hearts are beating tenderly, 
But where are the perfumed Pinks? 
—BETTIE GARLAND, Clarksville, Tenn. 
PROPAGATION. 
The Carnation is propagated by layering, by cuttings 
and by seed, but cuttings is the most preferable way in 
the South. To produce new varieties, the saving of seed 
and cross fertilization must be strictly attended to. The 
seed freely germinates, and young plants will bloom when 
about one year old. The layering process can be done in 
either Fall or Spring, and is a safe but rather slow pro- 
cess. Bend the shoot to the ground and at a joint, say 
from four to six inches from the top, trim all the leaves 
off, and right on the joint, with a sharp knife, cut it 
about half in two; by means of a hooked peg, fasten this 
to the ground, right where the incision is made, a hand- 
