324 GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 



the evening, and give them all a little water ; if this plan is 

 not adopted, the sun will spoil them. 



To destroy Earwigs, place the bowls of tobacco pipes on 

 the tops of the flower-sticks, and you will find them in the 

 morning in the bowl ; turn them into a bason of water, 

 and put the bowls on the sticks again. 



A Substitute for Bog Earth. 



Take a quantity of earth from a common about a foot 

 deep with the turf; mix this with rotten dung, part horse 

 and part cow, with a portion of mould from a hollow tree, 

 and a portion of drift sand ; let these materials be well 

 mixed together, and lay fcr several months before it is 

 used, turning it once a week or a fortnight. 



The best soil for Carnations and Pinks is a large pro- 

 portion of a good rich loam, mixed well with an old melon 

 bed, a little cow dung, and a small portion of drift sand. 



Soil proper for Pink Pipings. 

 Take one barrowful of light rich mould ; add to it half 



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of one of light loam, with half of one of drift sand. When 

 you plant the Pipings, sprinkle some water over them, and 

 in an hour afterwards put the hand-glass over them, which 

 must remain on till they are struck, shading them from the 

 mid-day sun. They must always be watered over the glass 

 with the rose on, so that the water should go entirely 

 round the glass. 



When the sun is off take the mat away, as they should 

 have plenty of light. 



