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imitated. Therefore^ have all hedges and edgings taper- 

 ing toward the top. 



CARNATIONS AND PINKS, 



If laid about the end of June^ and have been properly 

 attended, will, by the end of this month, be well rotted and 

 fit for transplanting. Clear away the earth lightly, and cut 

 them clean off from the parent plant, nearer the stool than 

 the original slit. Raise them neatly out of the earth, with 

 as many of the root-fibres as possible ; cut off the naked part 

 of the stem close to the fibrous roots, and trim away the 

 strangling leaves. Plant the finest sorts in four-inch pots, 

 and those more common, three plants in five-inch pots, in 

 the form of a triangle, which can be separated in spring to 

 plant in the garden. Any of the principal stools should be 

 (if in the ground) lifted and put into seven-inch pots to be 

 preserved: the others may be allowed to stand through the 

 winter, covering them with a few dry leaves. Keep them in, 

 the shade a few weeks, when they may be fully exposed. 

 Give gentle and frequent sprinklings of water until they 

 have taken fresh root ; or, if in want of pots, mark out a bed 

 that can be covered with a frame, preparing the soil thereir^ 

 properly. Plant them from four to six inches apart. Shade 

 them from the sun until they begin to grow, giving sprink- 

 lings of water over the foliage every evening. 



BULBOUS ROOTS. 



Look over the bulbs that are out of the ground, and ex- 

 amine those that require planting. Of Fritilldria there are 

 about twenty species, but few of them generally cultivated, 

 except F. imperidlisy Crown Imperial, and F, persicoj. Of 

 the former there are many very splendid varieties, such as 

 Croion upon crown, Lutea Maxima^ Striped leaved. Double 

 flowered, &c. These will require planting, and ought not to 

 be lifted oftener than every third year. They require a deep, 

 rich, loamy soil, and, if in beds, plant them from five ta 

 seven inches deep, and one foot apart. They will grow 

 under the shade of trees, or in any situation where the soil 



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