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whenever you want to water your plants turn the hose loose in the bar- 

 rel. Dish water and water from washing clothes is good. The car- 

 nations will soon grow up and hide the barrel and all your neighbors 

 will want to know how such monstrous carnations came about. 



Supports for Carnations. Carnations have a way of lopping all over 

 the place and breaking when you try to raise them. It is better to tie 

 to a small stake as they grow or to make a trellis of crossed strips, 

 leaving openings through which they can grow and on which their 

 sagging snoots may rest. But perhaps the best way to keep a carna- 

 tion bed looking well is to be always pulling out old plants and putting 

 in new ones which you can take from your propagating house or 

 frame. Keep your best varieties always new by continually arranging 

 for a succession of vigorous youngsters. 



