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warded. When the-plants appear air should be ad- 

 qiitted iVc:l> , to prevent their drawing up weak, 

 and when o} a littlegrowth they may be pricked 

 oiit with good loots, if the weather be suitable, 

 on a bed of light earth, at about three inches 

 distance, proper shade and water being given. 

 When they are of considerable growth, as about 

 i end of May, thev should be removed 

 with good balls of earth about their roots, and 

 planted where they are to remain for flowering. 



The layers should be laid down in the latter 

 end of July or beginning of the following 

 month, in exactly the same manner as has been 

 directed for Carnations, giving them the same 

 culture in every respect. 



Where there are large plants that spread con- 

 siderably in a lateral manner, their shoots may 

 be covered with earth in the spring to the depth 

 of an inch or two; they will thus often take root, 

 form good plants, and be in a state to be 

 planted out in the beginning of the autumn. 



The slips of the young shoots either made from 

 the sides of the principal ones or from the roots, 

 so as to have fibres to them, and planted out in 

 February or the two following months in beds 

 of good mould to a good depth, readily take 

 root and become good plants before the end of 

 the summer; at which time, or in the following 

 spring, they may he removed with good balls of 

 earth about their roots, to the places where they 

 are to flower. 



Cuttings made from the firm shoots of the 

 same year at the joints, to the length of three or 

 four inches, when planted pretty deeply in a bed 

 of very fine mould, or in large pots at the di- 

 stance of an inch or two, and well watered at the 

 time, readily grow and become plants after being 

 transplanted into separate pots, or the borders 

 where they are to flower. 



Pipings made by drawing out or breaking oft" 

 the top parts of the young shoots at the joints 

 and trimming them, by which a sort of pipe is 

 formed, on being planted and managed in the 

 same manner, take root and afford plants. See 

 Piping Flowers. 



]n both these last methods the rooting of the 

 shoots is greatly promoted by their being 

 closely covered by bell, hand, or other sorts of 

 glasses, and having frequent slight waterings 

 given round the sides of them. 



The seed of the different best sorts should be 

 collected in the pods in August or the following 

 month when perfectly ripened, choosing a dry 

 season for the purpose, spreading them out to 

 harden and become dry on paper or in some other 

 manner, after which it should be rubbed out and 

 k^pi in some dry situation till it is wanted. 



All the different species and varieties of these 



plants are highly ornamental, and many of them 

 curious, affording in extremely fragrant smell. 



The first sort in all the varieties may be 

 made use of in the borders, clumps, and other 

 places, where they produce a fine effect by the 

 variety of their flowers in assemblage with others 

 of similar grow th. 



A few of the double more curious kinds may 

 also be cultivated in pots for adorning the more 

 conspicuous places about the house. 



The second species ind all the different va- 

 rieties of the Carnation kind are proper orna- 

 mental plants for the fronts of clumps, borders, 

 and other principal parts of gardens or orna- 

 mented grounds, where they have a very agree- 

 able effect from the beauty and elegance of their 

 flowers, as well as the fragrance? which they 

 afford. 



The cmious double sorts are mostly cultivated 

 in pots for the convenience of protection, and 

 being exhibited on stages or in particul tr situa- 

 tions during the time of their blowing, as well 

 as for the ease and facility of removal when ne- 

 cessary. 



The third sort and the different varieties of the 

 common pink are well adapted for producing 

 ornament in the fore parts ot beds, borders, and 

 other compartments of pleasure grounds and 

 gardens, both from the multiplicity ot their 

 flowers and their beauty, as well as fragrant 

 smell. These are sometimes used for edgings, 

 but from their spreading growth they iequire 

 frequent cutting in. 



The fourth and fifth sorts may likewise be 

 employed for the purpose of affording a greater 

 variety. 



The sixth species is very ornamental from the 

 fineness of the colour of the flowers, and the great 

 length of time which they continue in bloom. 



It is observed by Martyn that the seventh spe- 

 cies, from the elegance and delicious fragrance 

 of its flowers, is deserving of being employed in 

 all curious gardens. 



In the planting out the various sorts, the an- 

 nual kinds are mostly disposed in patches of 

 three or four plants in each; but the perennial 

 kinds singly, as being more bushy and spreading 

 in their growth. 



All the several species and varieties of these 

 flowery plants may be brought to blow much 

 more early by being cultivated in frames or the 

 hot-house. 



DIBBLE, an implement used for planting 

 out various kinds of seeds, young plants, &c. 



The best sorts are those made or the trees or 



handles of old spades, having the heads or top 



handles entire, twelve or fifteen inches, with the 



shank made gradually tapering to a point at the 



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