102 ON PRESERVING CARNATIONS DURING WINTER. 



August, it is better to keep it till the following February, when it 

 should be reared on a gentle heat. After the plants have made two 

 or three sets of leaves, they may be pricked out into a shady border, 

 where they will bloom freely in May or June. When they are in 

 flower, the best should be transplanted and propagated as soon as the 

 weather permits. 



Properties.— The petals should be large, broad, and stiff, lying 

 upon each other so as to form a circle, nor present anything like 

 angles. The flower should be perfectly flat, and about two inches in 

 diameter ; the colours clear, brilliant, and stedfast ; the eye bold and 

 distinct, forming an angular spot. 



In the propagation of the Pansy it will often be found that some 

 sorts are more difficult to strike than others; for this there are 

 various reasons assigned, but I think the best one is that one of the 

 distant progenitors has been an annual variety. If yourself or any of 

 your subscribers can give me a more satisfactory reason, I should 

 feel edified by it, as I think it is not generally known. 



Here, Mr. Editor, I close my discourse on the Pansy, which I 

 hope will obtain the approbation of some, at least, of your numerous 

 readers, and, if so, I shall be most happy to send you, at a future 

 period, other articles which I have in hand. 



Durham, March 7th. 



ARTICLE IV. 



REMARKS ON PRESERVING CARNATIONS DURING WINTER, &c. 



BY J. F. 1. 



As a reader of your valuable publication, the Cabinet, my attention 

 has been drawn to several articles on the Carnation, which have been 

 interesting to me ; yet, after all that has been said by your Felton cor- 

 respondent and the " Journeyman Gardener," the "Young Beginner " 

 has not been made sufficiently acquainted with the culture of that de- 

 lightful flower (unless possessed of a previous knowledge) to procure 

 him a prize at any of the large exhibitions. 



Perhaps you may consider that there has been enough said upon 

 that subject, and therefore anything more would be superfluous; but, 

 with your permission, I will make a few remarks, which are to you 

 ad libitum for insertion. The following treatment I have found to 





