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after being watered should be placed for the winter in a cold frame, 

 which, being kept always close, preserves the leaves from flagging. 

 Many of the Pinks also may be rooted in the same manner, the best 

 cuttings being those broken off with a heel piece of old stem. 

 Mule Pinks should be treated similarly : some of these, of which 

 Napoleon III. may be mentioned, require to be renewed annually 

 from cuttings. 



Twenty-four Carnations that are Really Fragrant 



Q. So many Border Carnations are scentless, that I should be 

 glad to learn of two dozen really fragrant sorts. Helen, Derby. 



A. Mr. James Douglas recommends the following as being 

 fragrant varieties : Agnes Sorrel, Banshee, Beauty, Bella Donna, 

 Bertie, Boadicea, Burn Pink, Castilian, Charm, Chloris, Countess of 

 Paris, Cupid, Enid, Floradora, Helen Countess of Radnor, H. J. Cut- 

 bush, Mr. W. Incledon, Much the Miller, Narses, Pink Beauty, 

 Queen of Scots, R. Berkeley, Tantallon, Twilight. 



Best 12 Self and Fancy Carnations and 12 Picotees 



Q. I should be glad to know which you consider to be the best 12 

 Self-coloured Carnations, the best 12 Fancy Carnations, and the best 

 12 Picotees 1E. 0. W., Bexley. 



A. Self-coloured Carnations : Daffodil, W. H. Parton, Cassandra, 

 Miss Shiffner, Sir Bevys, Hildegarde, Isinglass, Benbow, Lady Her- 

 mione, Miss Willmot, Mrs. E. Hambro', Francis Samuelson. Fancies : 

 Argosy, Horsa, Monarch, Liberte, Lady Ardilaun, Merlin, Ivo 

 Sebright, Richness, Yeoman, Professor Cooper, Banshee, Rony 

 Buchanan. Picotees : Dalkeith, Mrs. W. Heriot, Hesperia, Childe 

 Harold, Duchess of Roxburghe, Lady St. Oswald, Gronow, The 

 Pilgrim, Lauzan, Daniel Defoe, Gertrude, Amy Robsart. 



Carnation Attacked by Eelworm 



Q. Will you kindly hold a post mortem on enclosed corpse of 

 Carnation, and announce result? The flower stalk looked gouty. 

 S. M. K., Sutton. 



A. The portion of stem was swarming with stem eel worm (Tylen- 

 chus devastatrix) and its eggs. The full grown eel worm is about ^V inch 

 long, and in appearance resembles a tiny eel, with both ends pointed, 

 the hind end specially so. The refuse of infested plants should be 

 burned, and the place whence they have been uprooted, in the case 

 of Carnations, soaked with a solution of formalin (formaldehyde 

 40 per cent.), 1 fluid oz. to 5 pints of water, in order to destroy the 



