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of Stock, and avoid the many annoyances contingent upon 

 the business of shipping. 



For the immediate present, in regard to Carnation 

 growing in the South, a report of some encouragement 

 may be offered in that progress is being made among 

 about thirty or forty per cent, of Southern growers who 

 make an attempt of some kind. At a time not too far 

 distant, when they will have grown as old in the business 

 of flower culture as have their Northern contemporaries, 

 they may be expected, with that knowledge of technique 

 and practice now common to Americans, to produce their 

 own Carnations with as much facihty as do growers of the 

 North. 



IN ALABAMA 



The propagating should be well under way early in 

 December. When the young plants are strong enough 

 they are put out into frames, where they receive protection 

 when that is necessary. Early grown stock of a sturdy 

 nature can be planted in the field from 30 to 40 days earlier 

 than would be possible in Illinois or Northern States. 

 The planting out is done at the end of March, or at latest 

 by the first week in April. Late planted stock never 

 amounts to much, and even if the stand or crop looks well, 

 the plants seem to lack vitality. Housing takes place early 

 in July, in the usual type of greenhouse, although it is 

 stated that good Carnations can be grown under lath houses, 

 if promptly staked and cultivated with care, especially in 

 the northern parts of Alabama, Georgia and on the Piedmont 

 region. 



CARNATIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA 



One of the chief growers at Raleigh, in this State, 

 begins taking cuttings early in January and continues 



