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thirds of their stems. They will be fit j 

 for use in eight or ten weeks after the , 

 earthing first commences. Care must 

 be had in earthing them up, to prevent 

 the earth falling in between the leaves, 

 which IS liable to induce decay. The 

 surface of the soil should likewise be 

 beaten smooth to throw oft" the rain. In 

 severe weather their tops should be 

 covered with litter, by which they may 

 be preserved in a serviceable state 

 throughout the winter. 



To obtain Seed — Which in this coun- 

 try seldom comes to maturity, but in dry 

 seasons a few plants should be set in a 

 sheltered situation of the April sowing, 

 not earthed up, but allowed the shelter 

 of mats or litter in frosty weather. The 

 flowers make their appearance about 

 the beginning of July, and the seed is 

 ripe in September. 



CARDUXCELUS. Two species. 

 Hardy herbaceous perennials. Division. 

 Common soil. 



CARDUUS. Thirty-eight species. 

 Hardy annuals, biennials, and peren- 

 nials. Seeds or division. Common 

 soil. 



CAREYA. Three species. Stove 

 evergreens ; C. herbacea is a splendid 

 herbaceous stove plant. Division. Light 

 loam and sandy peat. 



CARCilLLIA. Two species. Green- 

 house evergreen trees. Cuttings. Peat 

 and open loam. 



CARICA. Six species. Chiefly stove 

 evergreen trees. Leafy cuttings. Loamy 

 soil. 



CARISSA. Five species. Stove ever- 

 green trees. Cuttings. Peat and loam. 



C.\RLINA. Ten species 

 plants ; C. lyrata is a green-house 

 biennial. Seeds. Common soil. 



CARLOVVIZIA salicifoUa. Green- 

 house evergreen shrub. Cuttings. 

 Sandy loam. 



CARLUDOVICA. Five species. 

 Stove evergreen climbers, or herbace- 

 ous perennials. Suckers, 

 and loam. 



CAR.^HCHAELIA australis. Green- 

 house evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Sandy 

 peat. 



CARNATION. Dianthus caryophyl- 

 lus. The Carnation is a prominent 

 flower at the horticultural shows in 

 England, and exciting contests tor the 

 premiums are annually exhibited. In 

 the United States it succeeds but indif- 

 ferently well, and a really good col- 



lection of Carnations is a rarity : in- 

 deed so rare, that but few of us have 

 seen what a British amateur would 

 deem worth looking at. We reprint 

 the whole of the article on the subject 

 as it originally stood in the Dictionary, 

 for the benefit of those who m.iy be 

 disposed to make importations and em- 

 bark in the culture of this charming 

 flower. 



Mr. J. F. Wood, of the Coppice, 

 Nottingham, gives the following list of 

 varieties. 



Scarlet Bizarres. — Twitchett's Don 

 John ; Martin's Splendid ; Headley'a 

 Achilles; Headley's William Cobbett; 

 Bucknall's Earl Fitzharding ; Strong's 

 Duke of York; Wilmer's Conquering 

 Hero. 



Crimson Bizarres. — Puxley's Prince 

 Albert ; Holmes' Count Paulina ; Maus- 

 ley's Robert Burns ; Ely's Lord Milton ; 

 Jacques' Georgiana ; Chambers' Kate; 

 Jacques' Iris; Parker's Sophia. 



Scarlet Flakes. — Twitchett's Queen 

 of Scarlet ; Wigg's Earl of Leicester ; 

 Bucknall's Ulysses ; Wilson's William 

 the Fourth ; Wilmer's Hero of Middle- 

 sex ; Addenbrook's Lydia. 



Purple Flakes. — Mausley's Beauty of 

 Woodhousc ; Headley's Empress of 

 Purples; Headley's Incognita; Pol- 

 lard's First-rate; Wilmer's Solander; 

 Millwood's Premier ; Strong's Esther. 



Rose Flakes. — Brooks' Flora Gar- 

 land ; Greasley's Village Maid ; Wil- 

 son's Harriet ; Ely's Lady Ely ; Sicla- 

 more's Lady Rowley ; Pearson's Madam 

 Mara. 



Scarlet Bizarres. — Jolly Dragoon 

 Hardy (Ely's) ; Game Boy (Rainforth's) ; Lead- 

 er (Hepworth's) ; Don John (Mer- 

 chant's) ; Lady of the Manor (Mill- 

 wood's) ; Patriarch (Ilulton's) ; Union 

 Jack (Ward's) ; Sir Robert Peel 

 (Groves') ; Locomotive (Morris') ; Duke 

 of Leeds (Hoyle's) ; Prince Albert 

 (Hoyle's) ; Splendid (Martin's) ; Con- 

 Sandy peat, quering Hero (Wilmer's) ; Brutus (Col- 

 cut's) ; Juba (Colcut's) ; Charles the 

 Twelfth (Mausley's) ; William the 

 Fourth (Walmsley's) ; Colonel (Lee's) 

 Duke of Devonshire ; Mars (Walms- 

 ley's). 



Crimson Bizarres. — Duke of Bedford 

 (Ely's) ; Count Paulini (Holmes') ; Duch- 

 ess of Kent (Brown's); Bloomsbury 

 (Soorn's) ; Hector (Brown's) ; Lord Mil- 

 ton (Ely's); Lord Brougham (tiicas- 

 ley's); Squire Plumtree (Hufton's) ; 



