PREPARATION OF BEDS 



should be planted as deep as the base of the lower ones 

 retained. It is a mistake to bury the lower leaves in the 

 soil, because these cause decay, and the decay spreads to 

 other portions of the plant. Plant each layer firmly, and 

 let any tall or unsteady plants be supported with neat 

 sticks. If slugs 

 attack the plants, it 

 is a good plan to 

 dust over the surface 

 of the ground with 

 soot. If sharp frosts 

 set in, place a thin 

 mulch of decayed 

 stable man ure 

 amongst the plants. 

 Notwithstanding all 

 the care that may 

 be taken, some of 

 the layers may get 

 broken, or be in- 

 jured in some other 



wav during the FlG< 2 -~ Showin g how the la y ers are secured 

 way during pegSj (Frotn the Gardeners > Chronicle.} 



winter. For this 

 reason, it is well to have a number of layers potted up 

 and kept in frames, in order to fill up any blanks that 

 occur in the beds. Two plants may be potted into a 3 J-inch 

 flower-pot, or one layer into the centre of a 2j-inch pot. 



BORDER CARNATIONS IN POTS 



Having said this much about border culture, I must 

 point out that the best flowers of border Carnations are 



