CARNATIONS. 
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may be reverfed, viz. one half loamy 
earth, and one third dung, with the 
fand as before fpecified: the preparation 
of the compoft, in other refpe&s, is to 
be exaftly the fame in all fituations. 
The pots made ufe for fpring-potting 
fhould be of the following dimenfions, 
viz. at leaft twelve inches wide at the 
top, fix inches at the bottom, and ten 
inches deep in the infide, with a circular 
aperture in the centre of the bottom, of 
about an inch in diameter; alfo three or 
four fmaller holes round the fides of the 
pot, clofe to the bottom, to prevent the 
poffibility of water lodging or remaining 
in that part : the pots, in all other 
refpefls, are to be formed and prepared 
as directed for Auriculas. 
The operation of potting fhould com¬ 
mence about the middle of March, if the 
weather is not extremely unfavourable; 
but 
