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THE CULTURE OF WINTER-FLOWERING 

 CARNATIONS. 



By J. Jennings. 



In giving my experience of ttie culture of the 

 Winter-Flowering or Tree Carnation, I will first 

 start with the cuttings, which should be quite 

 healthy and not too long. 



They should be inserted in large 60 pots about 

 the middle of January, and the soil used should be 

 half loam and sand, with a little cocoanut fibre and 

 about a quarter of an inch of fine sand on the top. 

 Be careful to let the cutting rest on the bottom of 

 the hole. Afterwards place in a temperature of 

 60^, and if possible under " beU-glasses," as I find 

 if they once droop they are much longer root- 

 ing, and very often they are dried up before they 

 begin to callus. If bell-glasses are used, the 

 moisture should be wiped from the inside occasion- 

 ally (say once every other day), or the cuttings are 

 apt to damp. W^hen the cuttings have formed 

 roots they should be left in the cutting-pots for a 

 few days before potting into 60's. 



The soil used should be loam and leaf-soil, with 

 a good dash of sand to keep it open. When potted, 

 place in the same temperature until rooted through 



