102 PICTORIAL PRACTICAL CARNATION GROWING. 
stem, and the foliage will be close to the soil. The latter will havea 
long stem, and present a gawky appearance, which nine cultivators 
out of ten will endeavour to correct by potting the plants very 
deeply. This practice, however, must be condemned, as it brings 
the roots too close to the drainage. 
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CULTURE OF MALMAISONS. FIG, 48.—SHIFTING A ONCE BLOOMED 
OR ONE YEAR OLD PLANT INTO A LARGER POT. 
(See also page 103.) 
Q, the plant turned out of the 6-inch pot in which it flowered: 9, drain- 
age, to be entirely removed without damage to any of the large 
roots; 7, soil at side, the ball to be cleared away with as little 
damage to the roots as possible; s, surface soil to be removed ; ¢, the 
plant freed from the old flower stem and old withered or withering 
leaves, also of any weakly grass. 
Four-inch pots may be used, and the method of draining may be 
similar to that advised in a previous section. A similar compost 
will do, also. Pot firmly, and place the plants in a frame. A large, 
deep frame is not the best, unless provision is made for raising the 
plants, as, being some distance from the glass, they are liable. 
