THE CARNATION'. 15 



spoons, punch-ladle, copper kettle, or set of china, 

 to the no small disappointment of a prize-expecting 

 * cara sposa ' at home, who not unfrequently repays 

 his ill-luck and empty-handedness.with a good sharp 

 lecture upon his neglect and want of management. 



Nay, nay, blush not, you heroes of Middlesex, nor 

 you doughty yeomen of Lancashire, Yorkshire, or 

 other county ; for if a wife has no right to tell a hus- 

 band of his faults, w r ho has ? 



SITUATION, SOILS, &c. 



To produce blossoms in any degree answering the 

 description contained in the last chapter, it is requi- 

 site, in the first place, that the plants should be judi- 

 ciously selected, and also that they should be in good 

 health and vigour. How to effect the latter is at all 

 times the chief aim and study of the experienced 

 florist. 



An open and airy situation is the most proper for 

 the Carnation, as being most congenial to its growth 



