294 FLOWER-GARDEN CARNATIONS, &c. [AUGUST. 



CARNATIONS AND PINKS. 



If layed about the end of June, and been properly 

 attended, they will by the end of this month be well 

 rotted and fit for transplanting. Clear away the earth 

 lightly, and cut them clean off from the parent plant, 

 nearer the stool than the original slit. Raise them 

 neatly out of the earth, with as many of the root-fibres 

 as possible ; cut off the naked part of the stem close to 

 the fibrous roots, and trim away the straggling leaves. 

 Plant the finest sorts in four inch pots, and those more 

 common three plants in five inch pots, in the form of a 

 triangle, which can be separated in spring to plant in 

 the garden. Any of the principal stools should be (if 

 in the ground) lifted and put into seven inch pots to 

 be preserved: the others may be allowed to stand 

 through the winter, covering them with a few dry 

 leaves. Keep them in the shade a few weeks, when 

 they may be fully exposed. Give gentle and frequent 

 sprinklings of water until they have taken fresh root ; 

 or if in want of pots, mark out a bed that can be cover- 

 ed with a frame, preparing the soil therein properly. 

 Plant them from four to six inches apart. Shade them 

 from the sun until they begin to grow, giving sprink- 

 lings of water over the foliage every evening. 



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BULBOUS ROOTS. 



Look over the bulbs that are out of the ground, and 

 examine those that require planting. Fritilldria, about 



