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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
September, 
PIPING PINKS IN WATER. 
S OME time ago a short paper of mine on this subject was given in the 
Florist, and having had many inquiries as to the mode of proceeding, 
I hasten to give all the information I have been able to glean after 
^ watching the operation this season. As I before said, it was communi¬ 
cated to me by an old friend, of whom I did not inquire minutely as to the process. 
The mode which he adopts is to dress his pipings in the ordinary way, and 
put all of one kind into a pot in fresh water, minding to keep the water clear 
from the heart of the plant; they are then placed full in the sun, and they have 
rooted this season in a fortnight. 
If at any time the water becomes stagnant and slimy, it is thrown out and 
fresh water added. When the pipings are horned, that is, when the points of 
the roots have fairly made their appearance, they are taken out, planted in the 
stock-bed, and a good watering is given them, and beyond watering they require 
no further attention till planting-time. 
As it is not too late yet to pipe (particularly for any one who has a glass slide 
to put over them), I thought it as well to communicate at once. One thing 
which may be particularly noted is that the foliage does not change, but keeps 
fresh and green and in a growing state throughout. My friend says he has not 
lost a piping. Who can say this who has adopted the ordinary method ? Again 
they struck in a fortnight, and during the late hot weather. This is a conclusive 
proof that the more sunlight they get the sooner they strike. 
With regard to the pots in which the pipings are placed, they are of all kinds 
and sizes, from an egg-cup to a broken pint. The only attention required is to 
replenish the water, in the event of its being reduced through evaporation.— Geo, 
Rudd, UndercUffe^ Bradford. 
NATIONAL CARNATION AND PICOTEE SOCIETY. 
« HE third exhibition of this Society, since its revival, was held on the 11th 
ult., in the gardens of the Royal Manchester Botanical and Horticultural 
Society. The conservatory, in which the display took place, was taste- 
^ fully set out by Mr. Findlay, the respected Curator; and additional lustre 
and grace were added by fine fruit, ferns, foliage plants, liliums, &c., kindly sent 
by gentlemen and nurserymen pf the neighbourhood. The display of Carnations 
and Picotees was the largest the Society, in "its revived state, has yet made, and 
comprised some rare specimens of seedlings from Mr. Simonite, Mr. Lord, and 
Mr. Bower; whilst all the good old-established varieties were produced in a pro¬ 
fusion and character only to be understood by those familiar with a northern 
exhibition, and accustomed to the energy of northern character. Twelve ex¬ 
hibitors—Messrs. Gorton, Cooper, Booth, Lord, Beswick, Simonite, Bower, Rudd, 
Mellor, Chadwick, Whitaker, and Slack—comprising the elite of the cultivators 
of Lancashire and Yorkshire, or their immediate neighbourhoods, entered into 
