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may all be placed out-of-doors. The Flakes, Bizarres, and 

 Picotees ought all to be kept in their proper order, and 

 it is well that they should also be arranged alphabetically. 

 From time immemorial, the Bizarres have been placed in 

 the following order : Scarlet, Crimson, Pink, Purple. Flakes 

 begin with Purple, followed by Scarlet and Rose. Picotees 

 are arranged thus : Red, heavy and light edged ; Purple, 

 heavy and light ; Rose and Scarlet, heavy and light edged. 

 If they are also arranged in the order of the alphabet, any 

 variety can be found at once as easily as names in a dic- 

 sionary. As two plants are placed in an 8-inch flower-pot, 

 and three in a Q-inch, there is, at the first, a considerable 

 body of soil and no active roots in it, therefore no water is 

 needed until some days after repotting. Few of the plants 

 will require any sticks, but any that are weakly should be 

 supported to save them from injury by wind. The seed- 

 lings should be pricked out 3 inches apart into seed-boxes 

 or frames. In a warm house the seedlings appear above 

 ground in a week or so, and it is best to prick them out 

 as soon as the seed-leaves are fully developed. 



Malmaison Varieties. Amateurs sometimes inquire if 

 this class of Carnations may be planted in the borders 

 out-of-doors. They may be planted, but only some of 

 the hybrid Malmaisons will succeed. The variety Prime 

 Minister does well ; it is a bright scarlet flower. Other 

 varieties that may be planted out are Horace Hutchinson, 

 Scarlet lolanthe, bright rose, Lady rose, Lady Ulrica, 

 salmon-rose, Mercia, salmon, and Nautilus, delicate pink. 

 These may be planted out in a rather sheltered position at 

 about the end of the month. Those flowering under glass 

 must be kept free from green-fly and thrips by fumigations 

 carried out before the flowers open ; the smell of tobacco 



