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is unfavourable, the repotted plants should be kept in 
the frames for a time. 
Malmaison Varieties.—Such plants as may have de- 
veloped their flower-buds should have all of them removed 
except the crown bud on each stem. A night temperature 
of 55° is still sufficient. Plants at present in a cool house 
for late flowering will also be showing their flower-stems, 
and if they are not already repotted, no time ought now 
to be lost. They must have filled the small (34-inch) 
flower-pots in which they were wintered, therefore, they 
may be repotted into 32’s (6-inch), and in these they will 
produce their flowers. 
Perpetual-Flowering Varieties.—Continue to put in 
cuttings if more are necessary. Those that are rooted must 
be potted on as soon as they are ready, one plant in a small 
60 (24-inch) flower-pot. Plants in flower or bud need a 
temperature of 50° to 55° at night, and as free a circulation 
of air as possible. Attend to disbudding. Give frequent 
supplies of liquid manure to old plants, both in pots and 
benches. Pinch out the points of young plants when 
they are about 6 inches high. 
Pinks.—Those now in the open garden should have 
the surface soil stirred, and the weeds removed. If any 
plants have died during winter, replace them as advised 
for Carnations. Seeds of all Carnations and Pinks should 
be sown this month, in seed-pans filled with fine soil ; 
these should be placed in a warm house for the seeds to 
germinate. 
APRIL 
Border Carnations and Picotees.—Repotting should be 
finished before the end of April, by which time the plants 
