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management of some of the sorts, to have them flower in the utmost 

 perfection and beauty. 



Culture in the Sweet-William Kind. The single sorts of these 

 plants are readily increased by sowing seed which has been carefully 

 collected in a bed of light earth, that has not been much enriched 

 by manure, in the latter end of March or beginning of the following 

 month, either over the surface or in slight drills, covering it in well: 

 when the plants have attained a proper growth, as about the latter 

 end of June, they should be removed and set out on other small 

 beds prepared for them, planting them out six or eight inches dis- 

 tant each way, watering them and keeping them perfectly free from 

 weeds till the following autumn or spring, when they must be taken 

 up with good balls of earth about their roots, and set out where they 

 are to flower. It is by this method that new varieties are produced. 

 Although these plants are perennial, they should be raised every 

 year from seed, to have them blow strong and in perfection. 



These and the double sorts may be continued by slips or layers. 

 In the former mode the slips should be planted out either in the 

 early autumn or spring months where they are to remain, giving 

 them a little water at the time, when the weather is dry. When the 

 slips are taken from the young plants, they should be made quite 

 down to the roots, so as to have fibres to them. In this way the 

 plants are often good and flower well. Cuttings or pipings managed 

 in the same way also succeed well. 



In the latter method the more tender branches should be laid 

 down in the summer months, water being frequently given when the 

 weather is hot and dry- After the}' have taken root perfectly they 

 should be separated or taken off, and planted out where they are to 

 remain, or in beds of light earth, to be afterwards removed, a little 

 water being given at the time. A few of the best should be potted in 

 the beginning of autumn, in order to be more conveniently removed 

 under shelter during the severity of winter. 



These plants should neither be kept too moist or dry, as in 

 both situations they are liable to sustain much injury by the canker. 



