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seed, take out the pollen anthers before they 

 burst. The petals should not be cut off, and 

 two da}s aftetr the pollen can be put on the 

 pistil, bringing it to the flower with a pair 

 of small forceps. Do this about noon, when 

 the sun is shining, and if successful the 

 blooms will close by the next day. If not 

 successful repeat. After a few days pull 

 the dead petals out. 



Some varieties will not seed, but the pol- 

 len from them, in nearly every case, is won- 

 derfully effective. Label your crosses and 

 keep an e}e on them. When the seed pods 

 show signs of bursting gather and put each 

 in separate papers, and keep them in a tin 

 box in a cool dry place, till sowing time, 

 which I think is best in February. The 

 seedling can be grown on in pots or flats and 

 planted outside in Ala}'. Do not stop the 

 seedlings. Let them flower, and do not be 

 afraid to pull out the bad flowers or the poor 

 growers. After planting outside you will 

 have more to pull out. Out of 500 you ma}' 

 end with 12 or less. 



Cross them. sow. select and house as be- 



fore, and propagate an}' you think are worth 

 saving. They may be good as seedlings, 

 but when grown from cuttings they may be 

 far from good. Carnations, as grown for 

 cut flowers, have practically no rest. A cut- 

 ting cannot, in any sense, be called a new 

 plant, as it is only a branch, so to speak, of 

 the new plant, and if ever propagated or 

 badly treated a good kind may soon be 

 ruined. Seedlings of extreme vigor are 

 what are wanted. Propagated and grown 

 with care, when put on the market, the\- 

 should keep in health and vigor for man\- 

 years. 



The last two years I have lost nearly all 

 my seedlings through their being flooded 

 when planted outside, and this year I have 

 to work up a new stock. I am using some 

 singles, which I hope will give me some 

 vigorous plants to seed next year. Some 

 growers think the use of singles is going 

 backwards, but in my opinion that is not the 

 case. There are some grand varieties sent 

 out this year, but there is room for some- 

 thing better. 



A Beautiful Object Lesson For Large Manufacturing Companies 



Th» unattractiveness of many rommercial sections of cities has been greatly relieved of late j ears by tbe planting of vines and 

 unJow boxes. Dur ng the summer this Toronto building is always greatly admired. 



