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is not agreeable on the expanded blossoms. For ordinary 
purposes not many varieties are required. The old blush 
and pink forms are still indispensable, the white Nell Gwynne, 
the blush changing to white, Thora, Nautilus, Prime Minister, 
Lady Grimston, Maggie Hodgson, crimson, and Duchess 
of Westminster, pink. 
Perpetual-Flowering Varieties.—The temperature should 
be 55° at night. Repot the young plants as they require 
it, and gradually inure them to a cooler atmosphere. Pot 
on, into 8-inch and 9-inch pots, plants which were cut 
back in February for growing a second year. Shade newly 
potted plants from bright sunshine, and spray them with 
clear water each morning and afternoon. Never pot and 
pinch a plant at the same time. 
MAY 
Border Carnations and Picotees.—This is a busy 
month, especially for those who are growing the flowers 
for exhibition. It may be necessary to surface-dress the 
soil in the flower-pots, to throw more vigour into the 
Bizarres, Flakes, and Picotees. One of the oldest varieties, 
Admiral Curzon, won the prize for the Premier bloom in 
1909 at the exhibition of the National Carnation Society. 
It is only by very careful cultivation that such old varieties 
can be kept in vigour, and a surface dressing of equal parts 
loam and decayed manure about the second week in May 
is very helpful. The permanent sticks may now be placed 
to the plants, and they may be tied with rafha, or neat wire 
fastenings may be used; these can be obtained from any 
dealer in Carnations. In mild weather the plants must be 
syringed daily to keep off green-fly and thrips. 
Malmaison Varieties.—A succession of these may be 
