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get in at the earliest possible moment whatever varieties may be deemed requisite 
to make the selection perfect, and let the potting for winter be pressed forward 
without delay until completed. Carefully clean the plants from dead or 
decaying foliage, dust, dirt, or insects. There is nothing like a weak solution of 
soft-soap for polishing off Mister Green-fly ; plunge the plant overhead in it, or 
brush him off with a brush dipped in it, and keep the frames close for a week after 
potting. Water sparingly, and only if needed, to prevent the plants from 
flagging. Should water be required, air must be given until the foliage is dry, 
keeping the plants effectually sheltered from strong winds. 
When fairly started, give air abundantly day and night, guarding from the 
saturating rains usual at this period. Nothing more surely promotes disease 
than a thorough saturation at this season, and it requires to be guarded against 
both before and after the removal of the layers from the parent stool. Firm 
potting is of course. 
To any who may desire to have my opinion as to what should be grown, I 
may say I propose to include in my own selection, first, all of the seedlings from 
Sheffield (Mr. Simonite’s), and the same from Todmorden (Mr. B. Lord’s), that 
may be accessible, and of other varieties as under :— 
Carnations. 
S.B.: Admiral Curzon, Dreadnought, Lord Napier, Lord Derby, Mars, Mercury, Sir 
Jos. Paxton, True Briton. 
C.B.: Albion’s Pride, Black Diamond, Captain Stott, Eccentric Jack, Graceless Tom, 
Grand Master, Jenny Lind, Lord Milton, Lord Raglan, Mr. Hextall, Marshall Ney, Rifleman, 
The Lamplighter, Warrior. 
P. and P.B.: Falconbridge, Fanny, James Taylor, Sarah Payne, Seedling No 2 (Bo'wer), 
P.F.: Ajax, Dr. Foster, Earl of Stamford, Esther, Juno, Mayor of Nottingham, Premier. 
Squire Meynell, True Blue. 
S.F.: Annihilator, Clipper, Jas. Cheatham, John Bayley, Illuminator, Mr. Battersby, 
Sportsman, Superb. 
Rose F.: Cristagala, E. S. Dodwell, James Merry weather, .John Keot, Lovely Ann, Mary 
Ann, Maid of Athens, Mrs. Dodwell, Rose of Stapleford, Sybil, Uncle Tom. 
PiCOTEES. 
Red-edged: Brunette, Clara, Countess of Wilton, .7. B. Bryant, John Smith, John 
Harrison, Lord Valentia, Leonora, Miss Small, Mrs. Bower, Mrs. Dodwell, Mrs. Hornby, Mrs. 
Keynes, iPeeress, Princess of Wales, Rev. F. D. Horner, Robert Scott, Wm. Summers. 
Purple-edged: Alliance, Ann Lord, Amy Robsart, Chanticleer, Cynthia, Ganymede, 
Jessie, Mary, Mrs. Little, Mrs. Summers, Mrs. Hanaford, Mrs. Niven, Norfolk Beauty, 
Nymph, Prima Donna. 
Rose-edged: Charles Williams, Cynthia, Edith Dombrain, Ethel, Fanny Helen, Flower 
of the Day, Juliana, Mrs. Allcroft, Mrs. Nicoll, Mrs. Lord, Miss Lee, Miss Sowell, Miss Wood, 
Morning Sto, Northern Star, Obadiah, Regina.—E. S. Dodwell. 
PROPAGATING THE CARNATION AND PICOTEE. 
® HEEE is one subject in connection with the Carnation and Picotee, writes 
a correspondent, to Mr. Dodwell, “ which I have not seen treated by you 
f in your papers in the Florist and Pomologist. I allude to the singular 
difference of habit produced from the mode of propagation, whether by 
piping or layering, and the differing periods of bloom resulting therefrom. For 
many years I have been in the habit, following the directions of an elder genera¬ 
tion of florists, as a practice apparently very dear to them, of propagating by 
