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weakened by it. The Carnation should be kept in winter in 

 a moderate, dry, airy state, and never be over-watered. 



In many cases the Carnation is taken into the green-house 

 and flowered in the spring among other plants to a very good 

 purpose. After flowering, it is then turned out into the bor- 

 ders, as before directed. 



It is needless for me to give any directions on tieing up the 

 branches, watering the plants in a flowering state, &c., be- 

 cause all this course of culture comes under that general me- 

 thod of cultivation, which every lover of flowers thoroughly 

 understands. 



AHT. 5. The Pink. 



The Garden Pink is one of the neatest flowers of its sea- 

 son, and is much admired for its fragrance, especially the 

 variety known as the Clove Pink, which has the fragrance 

 of the clove. 



There are, besides this, the Double Pheasant-eyed Pink, 

 too rarely seen in the flower garden, where it should always 

 find a place, as it is certainly^deserving of general culture, 

 particularly as it is so easily and readily increased, by parting 

 the roots, in September; and by doing this each plant will 

 make twenty. For the operation, a moist time should be 

 chosen, when every plant will strike root freely. Of this 

 class there is a very pretty dwarf neat variety, well adapted 

 for edging, particularly for the parterre, or small city garden. 



The Common Garden Pink, which is often increased by 

 sowing the seed, is well worth cultivating, as it generally 

 flowers abundantly the second year, and may be termed bien- 

 nial, although it is often prolonged for several years, when 

 good varieties are obtained from seed, by cuttings, layers, and 

 dividing the roots. 



The Carnation Pink is also now much cultivated, and is a 

 desirable variety, and forms a connecting link between the 

 common Garden Pink and the Carnation. It is readily 

 grown from seed, and produces flowers the second season. 



