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can be most highly recommended. It is not a pretentions book, but it 

 contains just what is required for the cultivation of the carnation of every 

 class. Every young gardener and budding amateur should possess the 

 book. I have noted two fallacies only. There is a section on " pod- 

 bursting." The pod contains the seed — it is the calyx that bursts. It 

 is also stated that carnation rust is apparently powerless to attack plants 

 out of doors ; such plants, however, are liable to be attacked. 



