72 Select Carnations, Picotees, and Pinks. 
Culture. 
All the types of the yellow Carnation may be 
grown and treated exactly like border Carnations 
provided the individual varieties are of hardy and 
vigorous constitution. Many of them comply with 
these conditions, and occasion no more trouble than 
the hardiest ot the older and well-known border 
flowers. They come into blocm slightly later than 
the selfs and white ground races to which they form 
a Succession. 
For exhibition purposes they are grown in pots 
like show Carnations and white-ground Picotees, the 
cultural treatment being alike in both cases. (See 
chapter on “ Show Carnations and Picotees.”) Pot 
culture is a matter of convenience to enable the 
cultivator to protect his flowers during the critical 
period of flowering so as to get them in perfection 
for exhibition. At all other times the health of the 
plants is best maintained in the open air. 
Those who desire to grow them in pots for the 
decoration of the Conservatory when in bloom, 
should take particular care not to mix or crowd 
them amongst the ordinary occupants of that 
structure, particularly if they have broad leaves. 
Nothing suffers so soon as the foliage of Carnations 
when shaded by other plants. A better method is 
to group them together in some part of the house, 
as close to the glass as possible. A low, span- 
roofed house would even be more to their liking; 
and one or more Carnation houses of this descrip- 
tion are built expressly for their accomodation by 
those who grow them on a more or less extensive 
scale. The plants should not be housed till the buds 
commence to burst and show colour. Nor should 
they be kept a day longer under glass after they 
have finished flowering. The beginner should learn 
first to cultivate them in the open border where it is 
easier to keep them in health, and afterwards be- 
come acquainted with their requirements in pots. 
For border culture the layers should be planted at 
the beginning of October to enable them to get 
established before winter. This applies to gardens 
where the soil, climate and surroundings are suitable 
to the welfare of the plants, otherwise they may be 
kept in unheated frames till March. Seedlings may 
be planted out in May to stand the winter and 
flower in the following year. 
