170 CARNATIONS. 
as to hide their refpeftive beauties: and 
if the bloffom confifts of too great a 
number of petals, they extradl thefmalleft, 
and thereby afford the others more room 
to expand, which takes off the confufed 
effe£t always produced by redundancy. 
The pots muff be kept regularly and 
conftantly watered during bloom, in the 
manner before defcribed, and no favour¬ 
able opportunity fhould be negle&ed to 
afford them the full advantage of expofure 
to light and air, by drawing up the 
cloth covering, in the manner before 
defcribed; but no rain muff be admitted to 
the bloffoms at any period of the bloom. 
Some place their ft age, or platform, 
on one fide, others in the centre ; but a 
double row of pots on each fide, with 
a commodious path in the middle, is 
preferable. If the pots contain only two 
plants each, they confequently are not 
required 
