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for carnations. Those intended for the stage, or 

 the house, maybe planted into pots six inches diame- 

 ter, and may be shifted into full pots about the first 

 of next March. If strong and vigorous at this time, 

 and if they be intended for the house, they may be 

 put into full pots at once. These should be twelve 

 inches diameter, and about twelve or fourteen in- 

 ches deep. 



Of transplanting Pipings and Layers. 



The carnation and pink pipings, made about the 

 end of June or first of July, will require to be plant- 

 ed out, either into nursery-beds, or into small pots, 

 about the middle or end of the month, according to 

 the progress they may have made. If planted out 

 in beds, choose a warm border or other well expos- 

 ed situation ; plant at five or six inches apart, water, 

 and shade them from the sun for a few days, or till 

 they have taken new root. Those put into pots, (of 

 four or five inches diameter,) may be placed in the 

 shade till they have struck root, and may then be 

 placed in a warm, sheltered situation from the win- 

 ter ; or may be otherwise treated, according to con- 

 veniency. 



The layers, if any were made in June or the be- 

 ginning of July, will now be fit for taking off; but 

 first examine the state of their roots, in order to 

 make sure work, and see that they be well furnished 

 with fibrils. They may be treated, in every respect, 

 as directed above for the pipings. 



Auriculas. 



Now is the proper time to make slips of the fine 



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