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of wood to bear weight of papers. One thickness 

 is enough. Cuttings should be kept from drafts so 

 as to avoid evaporation in the foliage and should also 

 be sprayed two or three times a day for the first 

 week or ten days in bright weather, and the sand 

 should never be allowed to get dry. After ten days 

 they can be given some sun. It will take six weeks 

 for them to root, and they should never be allowed 

 to remain in the sand any considerable length of time 

 after they are fairly rooted. 



Carnations prefer a deep loamy soil which has 

 been well enriched with rotted manure. The posi- 

 tions for the beds should be in full sun. Plant in 

 rows two and one-half feet apart, with the plants 

 fifteen inches apart in the row. This arrangement 

 allows for liberal cultivation and irrigation by small 

 trenches along both sides of the row. They do far 

 better under this system of watering than when 

 sprinkled. To obtain the largest sized blooms, re- 

 move when quite small all the lateral buds, leaving 

 only the terminal, as is done in disbudding chrysan- 

 themums. 



WILD GARDENS 



When copious rains have fallen and the soil is 

 wetted to considerable depth, it is time to sow gar- 

 dens where the seeds are to be broadcast and no 

 subsequent cultivation is contemplated. If such 

 areas have been worked over, weed seeds started 

 and the plantlets destroyed, they are ready for plant- 

 ing. If the area is still in a raw state allow the 

 weed seeds time to start, then thoroughly hoe over 

 the surface, allow time for weeds to die and the lag- 

 gard ones to spring into life, then hoe over again, 

 sow your seeds, rake over and pulverize the surface 

 and let nature do the rest, for this latter is some- 



