DIANTHUS, 
though thefe plants are perennial, they fheuld be raifed 
every year from feed, to have them blow ftrong, and in the 
utmoft perfection. 
hefe, and the double forts, may be continued by flips 
or layers. In the former mode the flips fhould be aad 
out either-in the early autumn or {pring months, where they 
are to remain, sing ema pees water at the time, when 
the weather ry. he flips are taken from the 
young olan. Gey fhould fe made quite down to the roots, 
fo as to have fibres to them. be this way the nits are often 
good, and flower well. ttings, or pIpings, managed ia 
the fame way, alfo fucceed well im many c 
the latter method, the more tender Saale fhould be 
laid eee in the months, water bein eg frequently 
given, when the weather is ae and dry. er they have 
taken root perfeétly, they fhould be fe Lae or taken off, 
and be planted out where they are to remain, or in beds of 
light earth, to be a pee ae a little watee being 
en at the time few of the beft fhould be potted in 
inni more oe 
Should. ~ kept 
oo dry, as in both Gemecns they are 
liable to fuftain much injury by the canker 
The feed for the culiure of thefe plants fhould be col- 
ned ny eitae Una from the beft and ie per- 
s, whic e grown ata diftance from any bad 
or 3 inferior a ney ee kept in a dry fituation, ‘all; it may 
be wanted 
Mode of Culture in herd Gilli liflower, or lah ae hind. — 
Thefe eae may be raife 
ders 
the 
fea-fand, in the proportion of a third of the former, and a 
fourth of the latter. Thefe materials fhould be well blended, 
and lie for a var neces length of time, being frequently 
turned, before they are made ufe of 
venly, t 
to ome. Ae ee The fo 
i r boxes, in order 
feafon is hot and cf ry. 
After the plants are come up, they fhould be ay clear 
from weeds, and be watered Tiger wunget and abou 
= the weather is mort, x 
ows 
fix i inches diftant, and wie them 
i ieee till they have taken frefh ro 
he beginning of oe ag ion September, ened 
will ca attained a large growth, and require to be 
moved into other beds, or Healt for flowering, in which 
ane — ra - Se in rows tee or nine inches diftant 
ce them i manner, as 
ae a Better ‘effeek, In this eee ney fhould be 
at whe time, an 
protected i a ele weather during = aerate ry the ala 
pan of m n hoops placed over the The 
e they eosiee in thele beds is ane t of ce ae 
‘hee free from weeds, occafionally flirring ve eh between 
them the fuppo 
in thefe dane ‘il they flower, after es the — 
fhould be ta : hig and oe ufe of as ther e€0 
fion, in or afford full room for the double a the 
fineft and mot ee of which. bein ng made ftage or princi- 
pal flowers, and the others fet out inthe borders; the whole 
being increafed as there — be neceflity, by layering both 
the firft and Mieer ee years 
ants, when of fix 
. each the joint above, forming a fort of tongue on the 
ender ae ete removing the ee k dies the enlarged 
opremote the firiking ro oul 
part or joi € mo 
aboae the me of the plant fhonld then be Rivred, and frefh 
add 
ed, where it is wanting, forming a flight drill or opening 
for ie branch to be gently laid down into, in a horizontal 
manner, with the cut part in the earth, the top being left 
out, and raifed a little, to keep the flit open, pegging the 
ranch oy by ort hooked fticks, 
When this sieriae 
quently elias when the feafon is dry, in order that thee 
ftrike root more perfe@tly. When the layers thus 
formed have ftricken good roots, which is moftly the cafe 
in fix or eight weeks, they fhould ken with the 
root fibres as ore as poffible, and after having the fticky 
parts about the and the top leaves 
be planted out ete in pots or beds ; in the latter method 
at fix or eight inches diftanee, with a dibble, a good water- 
e beginning of the autumn, into {mall 
pots, to have fhelter during the winter, an the early 
{pring be placed in large for flowering ; but when 
in the pots, as frequent tranfplanting injures their growth. 
Some florifts, however, think it beneficial by checking their 
too vigorous growth. 
The lefs fine forts may at the above feafon be planted out 
in the calor orders, or other parts, to be left in the 
beds for flower 
And thefe ieee may likewife be increafed by cuttings, or 
pipings, in the manner diredted in raifing pinks, as given below. 
And in the winter management of the plants, the fine 
otted forts fhould about November be removed under the 
protection of a deep frame covered with glafs, and plunged 
clofely together ina flight bed of old tan, dry fand, or 
In this fituation they fhould have a free ad dmiffion 
he weather is mild, but be cihdatioes in froft, an 
e be no ftagnation of moiiture, 
by the holes in the boi oa of the pats bee aaa 
