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which circumstance I was not unaware of the effects 

 of salt injudiciously applied. 



CARE OF CARNATIONS (continued.) 



PODDING, CARDING, AND WIRING. 



CARNATIONS require to be watered freely while the 

 pods are swelling ; and, in fact, during the whole 

 time they continue in blossom, they ought to be kept 

 moist, and never be suffered to flag for want of it. 

 Most flowers require the same treatment. 



At this season it is better to water with the pipe 

 of the garden-pot, in preference to the rose, and to 

 pour it upon an oyster-shell, placed on the top of the 

 flower-pot, to receive and break the force of the 

 water ; this will prevent it from making holes in the 

 mould, and laying bare the roots. Some sorts seem 

 to suffer from water, however soft it may be, when 

 poured all over the layers, in hot weather ; the ends 

 of the grass very often will turn white and sickly, as 



