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and drainage examined as the plants are moved into the 

 house. Commence layering about the end of the month. 



Malmaison Varieties. These will have finished flower- 

 ing by the middle of the month. All layering should be 

 done promptly. The earliest flowering plants may have 

 been layered in June. 



Perpetual-Flowering Varieties. The object being to 

 produce flowers from September to March, this is best 

 done by having a succession of plants, and repotting them 

 at various times. The time of stopping, too, influences 

 to a great extent the time of flowering. Most varieties 

 ought not to be stopped after the end of July. Plants 

 produced from cuttings in the previous winter season will 

 give good flowers in 6-inch pots ; two-year-old plants, in 

 8-inch or 9-inch pots. 



AUGUST 



Border Carnations and Picotees. Get the layering 

 finished by the end of the month. Remove the fading 

 flowers, unless it is intended to save the seed, when the 

 petals only must be removed as they decay. Plants shaded 

 in the greenhouse should be removed out-of-doors, as the 

 best layers are those freely exposed to sunshine. Do 

 not crowd the layers too closely together. As a rule, 

 the best layers are obtained from plants flowered in the 

 borders. 



Malmaison Varieties. Some of the layers may have 

 been potted up last month ; at any rate, some of them 

 will be quite ready now, and they ought to be strong 

 enough to allow each one to be planted in a 3 -inch 

 pot. Place them near the roof glass of a pit or green- 

 house. Any old plants intended to flower as two-year- 



