lLabit Changed by Method of Propagation. 139 
Mb HABIT CHANGED. BY METHOD OF 
PROPAGATION. 
There is a peculiar trait or characteristic of.the 
Carnation under cultivation, which does not seem to 
have received general recognition amongst the 
numerous growers of this favourite garden flower. 
Gardeners are familiar with what are known as 
sports among Chrysanthemums. Buds arise on new 
varieties, a few years after they have been raised 
from seeds, which produce flowers of a different 
colour from that originally borne by the plant. 
Cuttings taken from shoots developed from such 
buds usually grow into plants which reproduce the 
new colour and the sport is said to be fixed. 
The above refers entirely to colour variation, but 
some plants give rise by bud-sporting to. shoots, 
branches or stems, which differ entirely. in habit 
from that of the parent. Such sports arise 
naturally and can be perpetuated by budding or 
grafting; but in some plants a distinct habit of 
growth may be induced by the method of pro- 
pagation, in other words by artificial means. This 
latter trait is, apparently, most often met with 
amongst plants, which have long been subjected to 
artificial treatment. under cultivation. Either in a 
state of nature or in’ plantations-or shrubberies, 
trees often give rise to branches. of pendent. or 
drooping habit, and may be perpetuated by the 
usual methods of budding or grafting, thus forming 
weeping trees. Many Roses after having been 
grown as bushes for longer or shorter periods 
develop tall, rampant growing stems, which continue 
this habit of growth when made to carry on a 
Separate existence by prcpagation.. Instances are 
Climbing Devoniensis, Climbing Caroline Testout, 
and Climbing Captain Christy. 
Carnations furnish more remarkable examples, 
for they can be dwarfed or made to grow taller by 
the will of the cultivator. The late E. S. Dodwell 
stated that Carnations of the florists’ type, if pro- 
pagated by pipings or cuttimgs taken from the 
