178 Select Carnations, Picotees, and Pinks. 
Tree Carnations. 
The earlier batches will now be advancing to the 
flowering stage, if not already in bloom. All the 
batches should, however, be housed towards the end 
of the month, and fumigated at once to destroy 
green fly, thrips and other insect pests. 
Those in bloom may be taken to the show house, 
and successive batches treated according to their 
requirements so as to maintain a succession of 
bloom. Each batch in turn should be fumigated 
before the buds expand. 
Malmaison Carnations. 
The housing of the plants at the end of the month 
applies to this section as to the ordinary tree Carna- 
tion, providea they have been in the open air since 
the layers were potted. They should be stood in 
groups by themselves, never mixed with other 
plants, and as near the glass as possible. Proper 
Carnation houses are built so that the plants will 
never be far from the glass. 
Marguerite Carnations. 
Those in the open ground will keep up a display 
till towards the end of the month. Plants in pots 
for late flowering under glass must be housed to- 
wards the end of the month, not necessarily in the 
place where they are to bloom, but at least in frames 
where they can be sheltered from wind and rain. 
American Carnations. 
The housing of the latest and all of the plants 
must be accomplished by the end of the month. 
With those in pots the operation will be easy. They 
should be fumigated at once to free them from 
insect pests, should any be present. 
Beds of seedlings will have been frequently ex- 
amined before this time in order to mark the best 
varieties. Many of them may not yet have bloomed, 
but in order to avoid throwing away anything good 
the unflowered ones may be transferred to a bench 
and grown to the flowering stage. If this cannot 
be done the more promising of them may be potted 
up. 
If a good crop of flowers is desired about Christ- 
mas a quantity of the early flowering varieties may 
be stopped about the middle of the month. 
