July. 
Fie, : fame in Form and Size with thofe of the pre: 
ceding: the Difference is in the Flower. This is 
large and extreamly elegant: full of Petals; rifing 
in the Middle, rounded at the Verge, and mark- 
ed in the moft elegant Manne with three Co- 
Tours: ‘thefe are a peatly white, a fine {fcarlet, 
and a deep purple. They are difpofed irregular- 
ly in nartow and elegantly waved Stripes, and all 
go through the Petals. 4 
_ The general Form and Parts of the Flower are 
the fame as in the preceding, and both are to be 
referred to the commion Clove Fulyflower as their 
Origin. To that alfo in its fimple State we are 
to fend the Student, who would trace the Cha- 
raters of the Carnation in its plain Form to 
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know the Clafs of the Plant. | 
The outer Cup is formed of four Scales, placed 
alternately higher and lower; the inner Cup or 
Pod has five Indentings; and in the Flower 
which confifts of five Petals, are placed ten Fila- 
ments, with comprefled Buttons, of an oblong 
oval Form; with two Styles which rife from an 
oval Rudiment, and are longer than the Fila- 
~ ments, with crooked pointed Heads: this thews | 
the Plant to be one of the Decandria Digynia. 
The Culture of CARNATIONS, 
We fhall here lay down at laree thé Culture of | 
_ this elegant and noble Flower. The Gardener 
who chufes to propagate it only by Layers, will | 
find in the Courfe of our Rules the Method of | 
Hand, the taking up the Culture from the Be- | 
ginning; that he may obtain more and better | 
Flowers. | detec : 
This is the Seafon for fetting about the Work: 
for the Plants are to be raifed from Seeds, and it 
is now thofe Flowers fhould be marked from. } 
which they are to be faved. 
Let fuch Flowers be referved for Seed as. have 
the Stalk thick, firm, and well knotted: let the | 
Mould about thefe be well broke at the Surface 
before they open; and afterwards’ let them be | 
watered often, though but little at a Time. - 
Let the Flowers be large ; with lively Colours; 
and firm broad Petals, and with a true Shape 
ot Roundnefs in the whole Out-line, 
It will be proper to mark feveral of the ftrong | 
- Plants before their Flowers are feen; and out of 
thefe to feleét, when they are in Bloom, thofe 
whofe Flowers have the Properties we have jut 
defcribed. 
Thefe being marked afrefh, and ordered for 
Seed, as we have directed on former Occafions, 
by taking off all fecondary Flowers, by watering 
the Plants while. in Bloom, and while the Seeds 
ate {welling ; and omitting all Water, when they 
have attained their Growth, let the Compoft for 
the Plants be prepared thus: - 
Mix a Load of rich dry Pafture Mould with: 
AN ary 
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4- Th. GREAT BIZARRE CARNATION. 
The Root, Stalk and Leaves of this até the | half a Load of Pond’ Mud, and 4 Oiiiter of 
Load of Cow Diing; add two Bufhels of Wood- 
pile Earth, ‘arid one Bufhel of {harp Sand, with 
the fame Quantity of Soot. 
Let thefe be very well blended together, and 
lié open to the Air. They are to be often turn- 
ed, and thus will be fit for Wie by that’ Time 
they are wanted. ~ OSs: ane 
When the Seeds ate ripened in the Pods, they 
mutt be cut off, and {pread at a Diftance upon 4 
Shelf in an airy Room. 
When they have lain thus a Fortnight or three 
Weeks till perfectly hardened, they muft be put 
up in feveral Paper Bags, not too many together, 
and hung up on Lines in the Seed Room all 
Winter. ae Ey eee OS 
At the End of March chufe a Part of the Semi- 
hary which is open to the South Eaft, but fhel- 
tered from the Noon Sun, and from all cold 
Winds. Mark out a Bed three Foot broad, and 
as long as needful for the Quantity. Dig up 
the Mould a Spade Depth, arid break it well, 
Cover it with three Inches of the Compoft: lay 
the Surface then perfectly level, and fcatter on 
the Seeds with an even Hand. Sift over them a 
third of an Inch of the fame Compoft, and thus 
leave them. : . , 
The raifing. of thefe is not fo tedious a Bufi- 
nefs as that of bulbous Plants, They will appear 
in about thirty Days from the Sowing ; and if 
the Mould grow dry, they, muft at Times be 
watered. Thin them where they rife too clofe; 
Bee i Siaseamalie WoL & _. | and in this Bed Jet them remain till Mid- - 
doing that; but we fhall propofe to every curious | ay hn ae ee ae 
| fummer, weeding and watering them as Occafion 
| requires, 
About the Time we have famed, the laft Week 
/in Fume, or fooner if the Plants by their Size are 
ready for Removal; make a larger Bed in the 
fame Manner, covering it with five Inches Thick- 
hefs of the Compoft: Level the Surface, and 
draw Lines each Way at four Inches Diftance ; 
and in the Centre of every Square thus formed, 
plant one of the Seedlings. Give them a gentle 
Watering as foon as they are in the Ground ; 
‘Tepeat this every Evening till they are rooted, 
| and fhade them with a Reed Hedge. 
Six Weeks they are to rernain in this Bed - and 
then let him prepare. another. | 
This muft be four Foot wide, and covered fx 
Inches with the fame Compoft: in this Bed the 
Plants muft ftand in three Rows, at nine Inches 
Plant from Plant ; and be again well watered and 
fhaded till they are firmly rooted, 
In this Bed they muft ftand to flower, ob- 
ferving to weed and water them frequently. sae 
The firft Years flowering will give a very 
reafonable Promife of what is to be expected, but 
there is no judging of a Flower perfectly till after 
the fecond. 
Phe ‘beft Plants‘ fhould have all their Shoots 
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laid in this Bed. 
All the inferior Kind thould be taken up and 
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