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out and it dies like a punctured or girdled tree. The 

 first trouble may come from the too close contact of 

 fresh manure, which should be kept away from the 

 main roots of carnations, as from contact with lily 

 bulbs. 



As to the swelling called gout, there is no cure, so 

 do not temporize. Pull up the plant at once and 

 disinfect the spot with unslaked lime and sulphur. 



Thus, Mary Penrose, may you have either pinks in 

 your garden or a garden of pinks, whichever way you 

 may care to develop your idea. "A deal of trouble? " 

 Y-e-s; but then only think of the flowers that crown 

 the work, and you might spend an equal amount of 

 time in pricking cloth with a steel splinter and em- 

 broidering something, in the often taken-in-vain name 

 of decorative art, that in the end is only an elaborated 

 rag without even the bone and the hank of hair! 



