April , 3 , , 9 0 7 THE OARDENINO WORLD. 
The Tree Carnation. 
l'his variety of Carnation is now be com- 
r ^ very popular favourite. The efforts 
ule bv the new Winter Flowering Car¬ 
rion Society, and a few well known 
owers, have called particular attention 
this class, especially the American 
ction. At the Society's Show, held m 
nidon at the end of last season, some 
rv choice varieties were exhibited. 
nong them being a few hybrids raised 
this country which were placed by the 
dges in the first rank. 
As many amateurs seem to experience 
eat difficulty in propagating this class 
Carnation the following hints may be 
The method I adopt, and which I have 
unci to be the most successful, is as toi- 
W5 __I make a box of good stout board, 
! inches long, 12 inches wide, and 10 
dies deep, boring a few holes m the 
ittom. Over these are p.aced a little 
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NOTES ON PROPAGATING, 
tings, and require no preparation beyond 
removing the lower leaves. The cuttings 
should then be placed one inch deep in 
the sand and pressed in firmly. Each 
row should be labelled to avoid mistakes 
when lifting the young plants later, that 
is if different varieties are placed in the 
box. When the box is full, I give them a 
good soaking to settle the sand firm.v 
around the base of the cutting, and for 
this purpose a fine rosed water pot shou.d 
be used. Then a piece of glass is placed 
on the top of the box, and the box shaded 
from the sun. The glass must be wiped 
dry twice a day. 
If the temperature of the sand is kept 
to about 60 clegs, the cuttings should be 
rooted in about 25 clays. Great care must 
be e’xercised in watering; either too little 
or too much will suffice to ruin the whole 
'.batch, when given it should be clone eai ly 
so as to allow the grass to dry off fcefoic 
Fropagating the Indiarubber Plant. 
5 , The rooted -plant repotted; 6 , a tall, bare-stemmed plant tongued and tied round imta 
moss; p, stem with two tongues cut in it; 8, leaf until a small piece of stem attacned 
to it; Q, leaf inserted in;a pot and staked. . 
moss, which provides all the drainage 
necessary. Four inches of clean silver 
sand is then placed in the box, levelled, 
thoroughly moistened, and rammed down 
firmly with a brick. The box is then 
placed on two blocks of wood, each six 
inches thick, on the hot water pipes. 
The cuttings, which should not be less 
than three to four inches in length, are 
then taken; those shoots pulled from the 
axils of the main stem form the best cut- 
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sand, and the size of the pots should be 
2inch or small thumbs. When potted 
keep in the same temperature until the 
roots have reached the sides of the pots, 
when they may then be removed to cooler 
quarters. About the middle of April the 
plants should be potted into 48 size pots, 
and when they are about six inches in 
height the growth should be stopped by 
pinching out the point of the shoot. 
E. Cummins. 
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School Children's Spring Flower Show. 
At the Barnstaple school children's first 
spring flower show there were 1,750 ex¬ 
hibits from bulbs purchased by the head 
teachers at their own expense, and retailed 
to the scholars at one penny each, con¬ 
siderably below their cost price. 
Potatos 
night. It will be observed, by the ap¬ 
pearance of new growths, when the cut¬ 
tings have formed roots, and they may 
then be gradually exposed to the air of 
the house. 
In lifting them for their first potting 
great care should be taken as the young 
roots are brittle, and easily broken away 
from the stem or callus. A good compost 
for this first potting is made up of equal 
parts of loam, leaf mould, and coarse 
FOR EXHIBITION. 
It is generally considered that Potatos 
are all important subjects for exhibition, 
either as single dishes, or as form.ng part 
of a collection of vegetables. 
In soil fairly rich, deeply worked, and 
inclined to be rather light, there should 
be no difficulty in growing first rate 
tubers. Strong, or rank, manure should 
be avoided. V\ hen manure is put on the 
ground it should be in the autumn, and 
dug in deeply, leaving the surface as 
rough as possible for the winter's frosts 
to do their work. Some think that any¬ 
thing in the shape of a Potato will do for 
seed purposes. This is a grave mistake, 
lor here lies the foundation of success in 
a large measure. It is a question of be¬ 
ginning well that leads to ending well. 
No trouble should be thought too much 
in preparing the sets. Select good sized 
tubers and of the very best shape, from 
four to six ounces in weight, and set them 
up in boxes in a light airy place secure 
from frost. They will then sprout and 
throw up short strong shoots and by plant¬ 
ing time be in fine condition. Plant 
whole sets, rubbing off carefully all 
weakly side shoots, and leaving the two 
strongest. The Ash leaf t} pe may be two 
feet between the rows and iSin. from set 
to set. Stronger growers should be three 
feet from row to row, and the same m 
the row. They will well repay for the exja 
room given them. Plant carefully about 
six inches deep with a trowel, loosening 
the soil well ail round, and taking every 
care not to injure t,.e shoots. Fill in 
round the set with nicely prepared sifted 
soil in which a small quantity of soot and 
wood ashes and leaf mould form a part. 
When growth commences they should 
be looked over frequently, keeping the 
ground flat hoed until fit for earthing up. 
A light dressing of soot and superphos¬ 
phate alterna.ely will help them on 
through the growing period. Protect 
with Bracken Fern if at all frosty. 
Varieties. —Early; Ashleaf, Duke of 
York and Sir J. Llewellyn. Second 
Earlies: Windsor Castle, Snowdrop, 
Ideal, ar :1 Satisfaction. Late: Factor. 
Evergoo.l and U-p-to-Date. For show 
purposes choose clean, well shaped, 
speckle ss tubers, even, and with shallow 
eyes. J. SCAMMELL. 
