182 Select Carnations, Picotees, and Pinks. 
Marguerite Carnations. 
Maintain a night temperature of 50° and ventilate 
on every fine day to expel moisture, and keep the 
fol:age and flowers dry. A low, span-roofed cua 
is the best place for them, but batches may be kepi 
in the conservatory as required. The health of the 
foliage after the flowering period is immatesial, as 
the plants are raised annually from seed. 
American Carnations. 
In our climate November is the worst month for 
this section, and the cultivator must refrain from 
overfeeding and overwatering; indeed, no stimula- 
ting artificial manures should be given at this 
season. A temperature of 50° by night will suffice 
for most varieties, but some of them require a few 
degrees higher to make their flowers open freely 
without bursting the calyx. Fiancée, Queen Louise 
and some others are lable to this defect, and if 
they can be placed in a house at 52° to 55° it will 
assist them to open properly at this dull season. 
During the day the temperature may be raised to 
60° with fire heat and allowed to rise to 65° by 
sunheat, giving air at the same time. More reliance 
should be placed on such fine white varieties as Lady 
Bountiful and Vesper at this dull period, because 
they are not hable to the malady of splitting their 
calvxes. 
DECEMBER. 
Border Carnations: 
Keeping the plants in frames dry and clean, well 
ventilated and safe from rain and cutting winds, is 
the sum total of the work during this month. Plants 
in beds and borders should be rendered secure and 
safe from rabbits, hares, and pheasants in rural dis- 
tricts where game abounds on the estate. These 
creatures are most troublesame during stormy wea- 
ther. 
Show Carnations and Picotees. 
The instructions for border Carnations in frames 
also apply in this case. See that drip from broken 
panes does not fall in the pots. 
Tree Carnations. 
With a judicious selection of perpetual flowering 
varieties and the late varieties just coming into 
