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month. How to make layers of Carnations. Reason 

 why so made. May be raised by Pipings. Varieties of 

 Carnations. Work to be done in Garden. Gather 

 Seeds, and dry them. How to make a descriptive Cata- 

 logue of Carnations. To raise cuttings of Green-house 

 plants and others. Seedling Pinks. On Watering. 

 Take up Bulbous Roots. Tree Roses. Method of bud- 

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AUGUST. 



The Tree Carnation. Strike cuttings of it. Poor 

 persons fond of flowers. Artisans great Florists. Dis- 

 tinction between Gardeners, Florists, and Botanists-; of- 

 ten confounded. Botany ; its advantages.- -Continue to 

 lay Carnations. Treatment of those potted. Lay Indian 

 Pinks. Reason why weak plants require shading, and 

 air is excluded from cuttings. Raise bulbous roots from 

 seed. Ferraria tigridia. Divide Herbaceous plants. 

 Transplant Seedling Biennials, &c. Shade newly plant- 

 ed Seedlings. Sow Mignonette in pots. Divide Rock 

 plants. Plants in flower. Lobelias ; easily propagated 



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