164 Select Carnations, Picotees, and Pinks. 
water. Leave them for a short time on the potting 
bench and then wash them with clean water. 
Pot off rooted cuttings singly in small pots and 
stand the latter on a shelf close to the glass of a 
house at 50 deg. by night. 
Marguerite Carnations. 
Those who find this class of Carnations serviceable 
may make a sowing during this month in a tempera- 
ture of 50 deg. to 60 deg. by night. The seed pans 
may be stood on a propagating bed to accelerate 
germination. As soon as the seed leaves are well 
developed the seed pans must be placed near the 
glass in the same house to keep them sturdy. When 
the first pair of leaves are well advanced the seed- 
lings may be transplanted into boxes of fresh soil. 
and this will urge them into healthy growth. They 
may next be potted singly in thumb pots when two 
or three inches high, and after they have taken to 
the fresh soil they may be placed in cold frames 
where they may get plenty of hght and air during 
fine days. 
American Carnations. 
Cuttings may still be taken to furnish plants for 
a succession. Even the perpetual bloomers give the 
greatest quantity of flowers during a certain period 
of their growth and thus brighten the houses or 
furnish flowers for cutting. Pot off the earliest 
batch of cuttings as soon as they are fairly well 
rooted in order to keep them growing. 
MARCH. 
Border Carnations. 
Injured or unhealthy plants that appeared sound in 
February may now only be showing signs of distress. 
The lengthening days and brighter sunshine puts 
all unhealthy plants to the test. All such should be 
remcved and replaced by healthy plants from the 
reserve stock provided for the purpose. 
Mostly every grower likes. to raise seedlings, and 
may sow the seeds about the middle of the month 
in heat. Sow them thinly in pans of sandy soil, 
plunging the pots in a propagating bed kept at a 
temperature of 60 deg. Those who have a recently 
made-up bed of fermenting manure may stand the 
seed pans upon it after the heat has declined to 
