194 PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE. 



large quantities for winter flowering, by far the best 

 way is to plant them on the benches of the greenhouse, 

 at about the same distance as they were growing outside, 

 any time in October ; but if only a few are required, to 

 mix in with a general collection of plants, it is more 

 convenient to grow them in pots, so that they may be 

 moved about as may be necessary. 



In nearly every section of the country for the past ten 

 years, there has been great loss, from an insidious disease 

 attacking Carnations, causing them to die off rapidly, 

 both in the field and in the green-house. There is appar- 

 ently no remedy, for this, but prevention. As in the case 

 of Violets, Roses, and other plants grown for winter 

 flowers, there is but little doubt that the continued forc- 

 ing, without rest, debilitates the plants to such a degree 

 as to invite the attack of fungi and other parasites. The 

 remedy then is to rest the plants, bringing them as 

 nearly as possible to their natural condition. To attain 

 this in my own practice, we have for many years rooted the 

 cuttings of Carnations, Violets, and all such nearly hardy 

 plants, before January, planting the rooted cuttings into 

 boxes, or potting them in small pots, and when sufficiently 

 rooted in the boxes or pots, stowing them away in cold 

 greenhouses, or cold pits; until the time of planting out 

 in spring. By this method it is rare that we have any 

 symptom of disease. 



Although we have some hundreds of varieties, as in 

 the case of Roses, we have only a few suited for winter 

 flowering. The best of which are : Hintzs (white), 

 Sunrise (orange yellow), Century (deep carmine), Gar- 

 field (scarlet), Grace Wilder (light rose), Pride of Pen- 

 hurst (clear yellow), Royal Purple (crimson), and 

 Crimson King (crimson), Quaker City (white) very late, 

 La Purite (carmine). 



The flowers of La Purite and other colored sorts sell 

 in New York at $2 per hundred, the whites usually at $3 



