THE GARDEN WEEK BY WEEK 



Jan. the plants in pots, but I have had very good results from 

 16-31 making a bed for them on a raised stage in the middle 

 of a greenhouse, and planting them in it. The flower 

 stems were not tied to stakes, as they would be in the 

 case of pot plants, but to thin wires stretched across 

 the bed and attached at the sides. 



A mixture of soil that suits winter-blooming Car- 

 nations is fresh loam with about a quarter of decayed 

 manure and some sand. 



Those amateurs who have plants and wish to increase 

 the number may take cut- 

 tings of the young shoots 

 this month, and insert 

 several together round the 

 side of a pot, which should 

 be put into a bottom heat 

 (such as that provided by 

 a bed of moist cocoa-nut 

 fibre refuse over hot-water 

 pipes, or a closed tray of 

 heated water) of about 65°. 

 They will root quickly, and 

 when the little plants begin 

 to grow they can be put 

 separately into small pots, 

 they can be 

 repotted as fast as they fill 

 their receptacles with roots 

 beyond which they need 



Fig. 21. 



-Cutting of Winter 

 Carnation. 



a. Stem cut off below a joint, slit up- 



wards, and a small stone inserted from which 

 to keep the two parts asunder. 



b. Basal leaves to be removed. 



c. Clean growth without a flower stem 



are m 



7-inch, 



until they 

 not go. 



A point of culture which must not be overlooked 



is that of stopping the plants by pinching off the tips. 



This may be done for the first time when they are 



growing freely after the first separate potting, and may 



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