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When tlie layers are well rooted I take them 

 off, and proceed to pot as before described. 



In the foregoing remarks, I have done my best 

 to give a clear and succinct account of my method 

 of growing the Carnation for exhibition. It must 

 be borne in mind that I am living in the most 

 southern town in England, and the fact that our 

 seasons are, of necessity, earlier than in more 

 northern districts will account for my being more 

 forward in my processes of culture than is usually 

 supposed to be right and proper. 



The number of each variety that I grow varies 

 considerably, and depends mainly upon the regard 

 I have for them ; but I may say, roughly, that I 

 grow from twenty to thirty plants of the leading 

 sorts, and the duration of the bloom is lengthened 

 to such an extent by careful attention to the 

 situation of the pots that I generally manage to 

 get enough blooms to exhibit at the principal 

 shows. 



