THE GARDEN 



While their blossoms are not quite as large as 

 those of the greenhouse varieties, they are 

 quite as fragrant, and a large percentage of 

 them are as double and as fine of form. In 

 order to secure compact plants with many 

 blossom stalks, nip out the first shoots that 

 show a tendency to reach up and force the 

 plant to " stool out," after the fashion of lawn 

 grass. Such a plant by the latter part of Sep- 

 tember will be a mass of foliage out of which 

 many flower-stalks will thrust themselves dur- 

 ing the cool weather of autumn, each one bear- 

 ing several buds. Generally, this Carnation 

 will be in its prime at the coming of cold 

 weather. I have lifted large plants of it every 

 fall for several seasons past and potted them, 

 and they have flowered in the greenhouse 

 throughout the entire winter. In lifting these 

 plants care should be taken to disturb their 

 roots as little as possible. My plan is to w r ater 

 them so thoroughly the day before potting 

 them that the soil will have no tendency to 

 crumble. I cut down about them, on three 

 sides, with a sharp spade, having the block of 

 earth enclosed by these cuts about the size of 

 the pot it is to go into. Then I insert the 

 spade on the fourth side quite deeply and bear 



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