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on the Crah, Some of the plants have been sold 

 at 20 or 30 pounds each, By this time they are 

 probably sold at a dollar. The plant as well as the 

 flower are handsome ; and certainly cutting's for 

 grafting may easily be brought from England. 

 They will stand the winter as well as any of the 

 American laurels. 



342. CARNATION.— Here is beauty and frag- 

 ranee, and both in the highest degree. There are 

 various sorts, distinguished, like those of the Auri- 

 cula, by naines ; and, what is said of the seed of 

 the Auricula applies here. If sown, the carnation 

 does not blow till the second year. It is usually 

 propagated by layers. While it is blowing, it 

 sends out several side shoots near the ground. 

 These are pinned down, in August^ to the earth 

 with a little stick with a hook at the end of it. A 

 little cut, or tongue, is made on the under side of 

 the shoot ; and thus the head of the shoot is brought 

 upright. The part that touches the ground is well 

 covered with earth ; and roots come out here be- 

 fore the fall. Then the stalk, which connects the 

 young plant with the old one is cut off ; the young 

 plant is transplanted, and the next year it blows. 

 The old root does not stand another year well ; and, 

 therefore, its branches are thus made use of to keep 

 up the race and the sort. — Carnations are rather 

 tender as to frost. And must be well covered in 

 this country to live through the winter. It is best 

 to put them in large pots to give room for laying ; 

 and to keep them in a green-house in winter, or in 

 some "house, where they can have sun and air 

 However, they merit all the pains that can be be- 

 stowed upon them. 



343. CATALPHA.— That beautiful Ar^ierican 

 tree mentioned in Paragraph 329. 



