CULTURE OF THE CARNATION. 
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pipings a little mprning sun, but always shade them when the heat 
becomes strong, which may be done by covering the glasses with 
mats. It is necessary after the first week, that the glasses be occa¬ 
sionally taken off to admit air; but this must never be done when 
the sun is powerful, but either in cloudy weather or early in the 
morning. 
When the pipings are watered, never place the glasses over them 
again until the leaves are dry, and then not without first drying the 
glasses, or mildew will be the consequence; and this must be conti¬ 
nued until the pipings are well rooted, which will be in about six 
weeks, when the glasses may be removed altogether. When rooted, 
plant them in forty-eight-sized pots, as recommended for layers, and 
place them in a frame for a while till they have made fresh roots, 
then expose them by degrees, and treat them like layers. Many 
insects are troublesome to this plant, as the aphis, or green fly, ear¬ 
wig, wire-worm, grub, snail, and slug; also a very small black insect 
which eats the colour off the petals. The earwig is the most danger¬ 
ous, because it commonly secrets itself in the calyx, and bites off the 
petals at the lower ends, or claws, thereby causing them to fall out, 
and greatly disfigure the flower; so that if any of the petals hang 
loose, or fall out, you may be certain that an earwig has been, or is 
still there. The best remedy is to get a large saucer or feeder, and 
place on a brick in the centre, and fill up the saucer with water: if 
the pot is then placed on the brick, neither earwig, snail nor slug, 
will venture across. Also, set traps for them by placing tobacco-pipe 
heads on the tops of sticks; and by examining them every morning, 
the number of depredators will soon be lessened. The aphis, or 
green fly, may be destroyed by using weak tobacco water, or sprink¬ 
ling a small portion of Scotch snuff upon the infested parts early in 
the morning, whilst the dew is upon their leaves. 
The well known wire-worms we believe are the larvae of two species 
of click beetles, the Hemirhipus lineatus and obscurus: we never 
had an opportunity of knowing, from practical observation, but they 
are stated to continue in the larvae state for five years, during which 
time they feed on the roots of various plants. They are exceedingly 
destructive in newly made gardens, for several years taking off almost 
every crop both of flowers and vegetables. Many means have been 
adopted to eradicate them, some of which have proved successful. 
The best way appears to be that of allowing them by baits of different 
kinds. This was first suggested by Sir Joseph Banks, and has now 
become pretty generally adopted ; the plan is this:—Where the 
insects abound, bury at about an inch under the surface of the soil 
