34 Select Carnations, Picotees, and Pinks. 
a judicious rotation of crops allows the land a rest 
from the particular requirements of Carnations, 
while a fresh border, if the soil is suitable, will also 
be highly advantageous to them. At the same time 
the fresh border should be trenched if it has not been 
recently done. When trenching and manuring has 
been completed the soil should be levelled and 
BORDER CARNATION —QUEEN ALEXANDRA, 
trodden ‘firmly and equally all over. Carnations 
stand the winter best in firm soil. 
Time and Method of Planting. 
Layers, if they have been made at the proper 
time, will be ready to sever from the parent plants 
some time early in October, and, if the planter’s soil 
is of a lght, warm, and friable nature, the new 
plantations may be made during the first fortnight 
