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blooming-sticks, cards, pins, blinds, etc., for another 

 year's use. Generally prepare the soil and pots in 

 which the young stock is to be wintered. 



SEPTEMBER. 



Supposing the reader to be a new aspirant for 

 exhibition honours, he should endeavour to procure 

 the stock he intends to grow the latter end of this 

 month, which, if the season is an early one, he 

 should have no difficulty in doing. In choosing 

 his varieties, a careful study should be made of the 

 names of the flowers appearing in the Exhibition 

 reports, or in the various lists given by practical 

 writers in this " Manual," and w^hich can be had 

 from some of the florists and nurserymen who 

 make the Carnation a speciality. Some of the 

 varieties he may be unable to obtain, as they are 

 difficult to increase, and o^vners may be, in con- 

 sequence, loth to part with their stock. He should 

 not, however, be discouraged, as a good start can 

 be made without them. 



Having received his plants, they should be 

 potted without delay, and kept close in a frame in 

 a shady place for a week until the roots catch hold 

 of the soil. To those growers who layered early, 

 the potting of the plants should be finished, if 

 possible, this month. 



OCTOBER. 



Those who have not yet finished potting the- 



