116 INDEX 
PERPETUAL-flowering or tree Carna- 
tions, 61 
construction of houses for, 64 
cultivation of, 73 
cultivation of, out-of-doors, 64 
cuttings, preparation of, 67 
development of, in France and 
America, 61 
disbudding, 80 
diseases, 89 
earwigs, 88 
fairy-ring, 90 
green-fly, 87 
introduction of, into England, 62 
Johnson’s Gardeners’ Dictionary, 62 
layers, propagation by, 72 
manures, use of, 82 
Perpetual-Flowering Carnation So- 
ciety, formation of, 62 
Perpetual-flowering or tree Carna- 
tions (continued) — 
summer treatment of pot plants in 
the open, 77 
thrips, 87 
two-year-old plants, 74 
wireworm, 88 
Pink, the garden, history of, 41 
cultivation of, 45 
varieties of, 46 
Pinks, rock-garden, 93 
Dianthus alpinus, 94 
D. arbusculus, 94 
D. arenarius, 94 
D, czsius, 98 
D. carneus, 97 
D. carthusianorum, 94 
D. Caryophyllus, 98 
D. caucaseus, 98 
pests and diseases, 87 D, chinensis, 97 
plants in houses, 79 D. deltoides, 97 
propagation of, 66 D. fragrans, 97 
red spider, 87 D. glacialis, 97 
Carnation-rust fungus, 89 D. Holtzeri, 97 
seed, propagation by, 69 D. Libanotis, 97 
selection of varieties of, 91 D. petreus, 98 
bench system of cultivation, 84 D. plumarius, 98 
Carnation-spot fungus, 90 D. rupestris, 99 
staking, 80 D. superbus, 99 
stopping the shoots, 79 D. superbus Gardneri, 99 
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