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that has been greatly improved Ly Mr. C. Turner, 

 Royal Nursery, Slough, who has a very extensive 

 collection. They require a diffeient treatment to the 

 ordinary Carnations, and they are of a true perennial 

 character. The plants are generally grown singly, in 

 five-inch or seven-inch pots, under glass, in a cool 



moderately moist. The plants must not be allowed 

 to become dry at the roots, and they require to be 

 kept clean in every way, and especially clear of 

 green-fly. If it is not convenient to fumigate with 

 tobacco-smoke, the insects can be brushed aw^ay with 

 a camel-hail- brush. So treated, strong plants will 



A. Allcgfitibre. Laura. 



Tree Carnations. 



f:,rcen-house, where plenty of air can be admitted; and 

 when the plants are in a forward state, and showing 

 freely for bloom, a little gentle warmth is required to 

 assist in the expansion of the flowers. At the same 

 time, plenty of air should be given in the day-time on 

 all suitable occasions, so as to dry up any damp that 

 may be in the house ; especially so, as in the autumn 

 and at mid- winter damp will cause the flowers to 

 decay in the bud. The soil requii-es to be kept 

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flower through the winter months, and be a great 

 source of pleasure to the cultivator. 



In the case of Tree Carnations and Picotees, the 

 definitions which divide the " Show " varieties, as they 

 are termed, into Bizarres and Flakes, and these again 

 into their sub-divisions, are lost, or — shall we say? 

 — cannot be observed. A few are white-ground 

 flowers, many are coloured, and the colours run so 

 much one into the other, and they are in not a few 



