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THE CAENATION MANUAL. 



CARNATION SEED AND SEEDLINGS. 

 By J. Douglas. 



Perhaps the most interesting detail in the cultiva- 

 tion of the Carnation is the raising of seedlings : 

 interesting on account of its many failures, its un- 

 expected successes, and the variety of useful and 

 singular experiences which it affords. 



I have given much attention to the subject for 

 many years past, and, in the hope that my experi- 

 ence may be of service to the readers of this 

 manual, I venture to set before them the methods I 

 have pursued. 



I do so in the hope that I may be able to induce 

 amateurs to become seedling raisers, feeling sure 

 that no one who. once enters upon the work will 

 readily relinquish it. 



No lover of Carnations has any conception of 

 the interest these flowers are able to afford until he 

 has learnt to look forward every year to the flower- 

 JJ" ing of his batch of seedlings. 



Seed. — The interest of raising seedlings is 

 ^-^ much enhanced if the grower is able to sow seed 



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