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MARCH.] FLOWER-GARDENCARNATIONS, &c. 1 53 



equally apply to Narcissus, Jonquils, Iris, and all Hol- 

 land bulbs. 



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CARNATIONS, PINKS, PRIMROSES, &c. 



Which have been protected by frames through the 

 winter, must have at all favourable opportunities 

 plenty of air admitted to them by lifting the sashes, 

 and in fine mild days and nights, the sashes may be 

 taken entirely off. Divest them of all decayed leaves, 

 and stir up the earth on the surface of the pots ; 

 those that are intended to be planted in the garden 

 may be set to one side, while those that are to be kept 

 in pots must be more strictly attended to. Of these the 

 Pinks and Carnations should be repotted about the first 

 of the month. Those that have been kept in four inch 

 pots, should be put into pots of seven inches, and those 

 that are in five inch pots may be put into eight inch. 

 Give a gentle watering after repotting. Pinks do not 

 require the pots so large, but the same treatment in 

 every other respect. Where the extremity of the leaves 

 are decayed, cut them off, with any other decayed 

 leaves : the pots must be well drained with shivers or 

 fine gravel. Give them plenty of air, otherwise they 

 will be weak in growth. 



Primroses require only a little fresh earth on the top 

 of the pots. Daisies may be planted out in shady 

 situations; the sun destroys them during summer if 

 exposed. 



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