can be again transferred to their respective stations; in doing 

 which it is particularly recommended to use a scoup trowel; 

 by this process each pla'it may be taken up and transplanted 

 with a ball of earth, and some of the compost mentioned be- 

 low can be filled in around each plant at the time it is set 

 out, unless the borders have been previously dug and ma- 

 nured, and prepared to receive them; but if it is inconveni- 

 ent to provide frames for the purpose of winter protection, 

 the Carnations may be covered with any common box that 

 wiil shelter them from the wet, as they will bear a consider- 

 able degree of frost, but not ccld and wet at the same time. 

 Attention should, however, be paid to them when the wea- 

 ther is moderate, to take off the boxes in the middle of the 

 day in order to give them air, 



When the plants are of sufficient size, some of the 

 strongest shoots should be layered as soon as the flowers are 

 on the decline ; and when rooted, in September, the layers 

 may be taken off, observing to keep a little earth to the 

 roots : these can be planted in a piece of ground dug and 

 manured for the purpose, and immediately covered with a 

 glass frame, and shaded from the sun, giving them air morn-> 

 ing and evening for a few days, until they are rooted. 

 They may then be left open until the frost commences, when 

 the glasses can be put over as already stated. 



The Com/wsi recommended in Maddock's Florist's Di- 

 rectory for Carnations is one half rotten horse-dung one 

 year old, or that which has been used as a hot-bed, one 

 third fresh sound loamy earth, and one sixth of coarse sea 

 or river sand : these ingredients are to be mixed together in 

 autumn, laid in a heap about two feet thick in an open ex* 

 posure, and turned three or four times during the winter, 



