64 PRESENT-DAY GARDENING 
foliage, and even a gentleman’s button-hole flower, or lady’s 
spray, should be backed with a little of the beautifully 
curled, grey-coloured foliage, 
The Perpetual-Flowering Carnation, although its hardi- 
ness to withstand our winters has yet to be proved, may 
be as successfully flowered in the outdoor garden as 
under glass. One of the most lovely flower-beds I have 
seen waS one composed of Winter-Flowering Carnations, 
planted out after doing duty for a season in the green- 
house ; it quite out-classed, by its continuity of flowering, 
a bed of border Carnations adjacent to it. The best 
results, however, are obtained from young plants, for these 
will not only flower during the summer, but also until 
the autumn frosts commence. 
Good effects may be obtained by growing them in 
hanging baskets, or training them up the rafters of a 
greenhouse, or on a trellis at the end of a house, and in 
these positions, with the flowers allowed to hang loosely 
and gracefully, the effect is charming. For the former 
method, plants of a dwarf or stocky nature are best, but 
for the two latter, those of a tall habit of growth are 
preferable. 
Construction of Carnation Houses.—To those about 
to build a house for Perpetual-Flowering Carnations, the 
matter of greatest importance is the necessity of obtaining 
all the light possible, an adequate system of ventilation, 
and sufficient hot-water piping to easily maintain a mini- 
mum winter temperature of 50° without unduly heating the 
water, rather erring on the side of providing too much than 
too little piping. Span-roofed houses are best for general 
purposes, but it is not very important whether the ridge 
