164 CARNATIONS. 
end of it may lay over the other a little, 
which, by the application of a little gum 
water, will adhere firmly together, and 
anfwer the purpofe completely. Small 
flips of wet bafs mat may be fubftituted 
\ 
for thofe of bladder, and being tied 
with a Angle knot round the fame part 
of the pod, will anfwer nearly the fame 
purpofe/ 1 
When any of the flowers begin to open 
and expand, fuch fhould be fhaded, both 
from fun and rain, by means of ftrong 
caps, or paper covers,' about twelve 
inches in diameter, painted white or 
green, and formed like an umbrella, to 
throw off rain : each fhould have a fquare 
tin tube on the fummit, that will permit 
the flick, to which the ftem is tied, to 
pafs through it as far as is neceflary. 
The tube fhould be about two inches 
q Plate 3* Fig* 2 , s Plate 6« Fig. 6» 
long, 
