MY HERBACEOUS GARDEN 209 
moved backwards as each row was planted in 
turn with rooted cuttings in October and early 
November. 
Alas ! a day came when we were persuaded 
to leave the layers where they were, without 
transplanting, instead of remaking the border. 
The next summer was a wet one, and owing 
to overcrowding they all died out. 
This year a batch of the perpetual carnations 
from the greenhouse are to be planted out. If 
they are young plants, and not too leggy when 
put out in April (to make room for the 
Malmaisons), they give blossoms without stint, 
and owing to their upright habit of growth 
do not require so much staking as the border 
carnations. Britannia, a large scarlet with 
very strong foliage, did splendidly out of doors 
last summer. Planted out from flowering pots 
into a very large stone trough and left to 
tumble over naturally, they flowered in a 
sheltered corner till nearly Christmas. In 
Spain, the home of the carnation, they are 
grown in pots hung up on the sides of the 
houses, when they fall over like a cascade of 
grey with flowers of the most lovely tints. 
This year, in addition to Britannia, we shall 
plant out May Day, a bright and hardy pink, 
Enchantress, the well-known flesh-coloured 
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