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CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS IN CONNEC- 

 TION WITH BORDER CARNATIONS. 



Bij Martin R. Smith. 



It hardly seems necessary to state that the Car- 

 nation, Hke all other flowers, must be kept free 

 from weeds, and be protected, as far as possible, 

 against the attacks of insect pests of every 

 description. 



It would be superfluous, therefore, to add to 

 every month's operations reminders of these simple 

 duties we owe to our plants. 



Let it be sufficient to state, once for all, that 

 green-fly and cuckoo-spittle must be watched 

 for and at once removed ; they are both terribly 

 prejudicial to the welfare of the plants. 



My own plants are in some seasons infested 

 with thrip, and hitherto I have failed to find any 

 satisfactory method of getting rid of them. They 

 damage the blooms, but do not appear to affect 

 materially the health of the plants. 



JANUARY. 



Taking for granted that the plants were put 

 into their flowering quarters in early autumn, and 



