THE 



FLORICULTURAL CABINET, 



JUNE 1st, 1840. 

 PART I. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



ARTICLE I. 



ON THE CARNATION. 



BY Ml!. JOHN FREDERICK WOOD, NURSERYMAN, COPPICE, NEAR NOTTINGHAM, 



Head before the Beeston and Ckilwell Horticultural Societies. 

 (Concluded from p.^99, No. 87.) 



As the layers grow, or spindle as it is usually termed, they must 'be 

 carefully tied up to the sticks with soft worsted, or fastened with 

 Rowland's metallic wire. After they have grown about a foot high, 

 a top dressing of very rotten cow manure will be found very beneficial ; 

 and as the weather gets warmer, they must be carefully watered, the 

 soil in the pot never being' allowed to get thoroughly dry. As the 

 buds appear, and you have decided which to remove, they may be 

 reduced in number, and the laterals or side buds also taken away, so 

 that all the energies of the plants may be directed towards those that 

 remain, and which will increase their size if intended for exhibition. 

 The number of these should be regulated according to the strength of 

 the plants; some think that three flowers are enough for each layer 

 to bring to perfection, but five, I think, is generally about the mark. 

 The buds and plants are now subject to the attacks of various insects. 

 The cuckoo spit is one of them, and is easily seen and removed. 

 The green fly is more common and troublesome, but may easily be 

 got rid of by using a small bag of Indian rubber, similar to the one 

 Vol. VIII. No. 88. l 



