Herbaceous and Bedding Plants 



moist, and in a few weeks the layers will be rooted when they 

 may be severed from the parent stem and planted where they are 

 to bloom. 



Should the Carnation be attacked by rust or spot, pick off all 

 the affected leaves at once and spray the entire plant with Bor- 

 deaux Mixture composed of one pound of powdered copper- 

 sulphate in two gallons of water and one pound of fresh slacked 

 lime in two gallons of water, these being mixed together and 

 enough water being added to make ten gallons. Mix and stir the 

 whole thoroughly and apply with a sponge or syringe, seeing that 

 the underside of all the leaves is reached by the spray. About 

 May first give the soil around the plants a good mulching with 

 very old well-decomposed cow-manure and give water as required. 

 As soon as the flower-stalks are six inches high, stake each flower- 

 stem with a light stake about one-quarter of an inch in thickness, 

 tying the stem loosely to the stake, to keep the flowers from being 

 blown about by the winds or from being bent to the ground by 

 watering. Pick off all spent flowers as soon as they lose color, 

 and give water as required. 



DIANTHUS. 



A genus of many species including the Chinese Pink, Sweet 

 William, etc., of easy culture and thriving in any good soil. The 

 Sweet William is generally propagated by sowing the seeds, one- 

 eighth of an inch deep, in July. When the seedlings are one 

 inch in height, prick them off, three inches apart, in boxes, and 

 plant them, in October or November, where they are wanted to 

 bloom. The Chinese Pink should be sown in a warm frame or 

 greenhouse in February, pricked off three inches apart, in boxes, 

 when one inch high, and planted out of doors in April or early in 

 May. 



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