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warded. When iheplanisappcarair shouldbcad- 

 mmcd frcclv, to provenl ilicir drav\iiig up wciik, 

 ai»J wlica ot'a little growth ib.cy nuv Ijc (jriikixl 

 out with wood roots, il'thc weather be suitable, 

 on a bed ot light eanh, .it al)out three incius 

 disia'.K-e, proper sha'.!.' and water being given. 

 When they are oh n iisiderable grow th, as about 

 the latter end ot Mav, they should be removed 

 with noovl balls of earth about their roots, and 

 planted where ihev are to remain tor flow tring. 



Ihe lavers should be laid down in the laitir 

 end cf .Jalv or beginning ot the tollowing 

 month, in exactly the same nianrer as has been 

 directed lor Carnations, giving them the same 

 cu'uire in every respect. 



Where there arc large plants that spread con- 

 siderably in a lateral manner, their shoots may 

 be covered with earth in the spring to the deplli 

 of an inch or two; they w ill ihusotlen ta e root, 

 form good plants, and be in a state to be 

 planted out in the bei;inning of the autumn. 



The slips of the young shoots either made From 

 the sides of the principal oni:s or from the roots, 

 so as to have fibres to them, and planted out in 

 February or the two following months in beds 

 of eood mould to a good depth, readily take 

 root and become good plants before the end of 

 the summer; at which time, or in the following 

 sprins:, they niay be removed with g'lod balls of 

 earth about their roots, to the places w here they 

 are to flower. 



Cuttings made from the firm shoots of the 

 same year at the joints, to the length of three or 

 four inches, when planted pretty deeply in a bed 

 of very fine mould, or in large pots at the di- 

 stance of an inch or two, and well watered at the 

 time, readily grow- and become plants after being 

 transplanted into separate pots, or the borders 

 where they are to flower. 



Pipings made by drawing out or breaking off 

 the lop parts cf the young shoots at the joints 

 and trimniing them, by which a sort of pipe is 

 formed, on l>eiiig planted and managed in the 

 same manner, take root and atlbrd plants. See 

 Piping Floweos. 



In both these last methods the rooting of the 

 shoots is greatly promoted by their being 

 closely covered by bell, liand, or other sorts of 

 glasses, and having frecjuent slight waterings 

 given round the sides of them. 



The seed of the different best sorts should be 

 culleetcd in the pods in August or the following 

 moiuh when peifectly ripened, choosing a dry 

 season for the purpose, spreading them out to 

 harden and become dry on paper or in some other 

 manner, after which it should be rubbed out and 

 k< |>i in some ( rv situation till it is wanted. 



All the different species and varieties of these 



plants are highly ornam.-ntal, and many of them 

 curious, aflbrdrng an extremely fragrant smell. 



The first sort in all the varieties ii;ay be 

 made use of in the borders, eliimps, and (Jtlur 

 places, where they prhduee a line edect by the 

 varieiN ot their liinvers in assemi>lage with others 

 of similar grow th. 



A lew ot the double more curious kinds mav 

 also be Liiltivateu in pots tor adorning the more 

 conspicuous plac'.'s about the house. 



'file ;>econ.l >pjeies and all the difl'crent va- 

 rieties of the Carnation kind .ire proper onia- 

 meiilai plaiils for the tronts ot clumps, borders, 

 and other principal parts of gardens or orna- 

 mented grounds, where thev have a very agree- 

 atjie efleet Ironi the beauty and elegance oi their 

 tloweis, as well as the fragrance which they 

 atlbrd. 



'I"he curious double sorts are mostly cultivated 

 in pots for the convenience of protection, and 

 being exhibited on stages or in particular situa- 

 tions duiiiig the time of their blowing, as well 

 as for the ease and facility ot removal when ne- 

 cessary. 



The third sort and the, different varieties of the 

 common pink are well ada|)ted for producing 

 ornament in the fore parts ot beds, borders, and 

 other compartments of pleasure grounds and 

 gardens, both from the multiplicity of their 

 flowers and their beauty, as well as fragrant 

 smell. 'I'iiese are sometimes usL-d for edgings, 

 but from their spreading growth they require 

 frequent cutting in. 



The fourth and fifth sorts may likewise be 

 employed for the purpose of aifording a greater 

 variety. 



The sixth species is very ornamental from the 

 finenc-s of the colour of the flowers, and the great 

 length of time which thev continue in bloom. 



It is observed by Martyn that the seventh spe- 

 cies, from the elegance and delicious Iragrance 

 of its flowers, is deserving of being employed in 

 all curious gardens. 



In the planting out the various sorts, the an- 

 nual kinds are mostly disposed in patches of 

 three or four plants in each; but the perennial 

 kinds singly, as being more bushy and spreading 

 in their growth. 



All the several species and varieties of these 

 flowery plants may be brought to blow much 

 more early by being cultivated in frames or the 

 hot-house. 



DIBBLE, an implement used for planting 

 out variovis kinds of seeds, young plants, &c. 



The best sorts are ttuise made of the trees or 

 handles of old spades, having the heads or lop 

 handles entire, twelve or fifteen inches, with the 

 shank made gradually tapering to a point at ihc 



