374 CARNATIONS. 
in the fpring of the year they may be 
frefh potted like the reft. 
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Thofe who are defirous to obtain all 
the increafe that can poflibly be pro¬ 
cured, even at the expence of the old 
plant’s life, fhould cut off all fuch (hoots 
as are too fhort to be layed, and pipe 
them under glaffes; but as laying is the 
mode of propagation molt ufually adopted, 
ealieft to perform, and more certain of 
being attended with fuccefs than piping, 
fo it naturally prefents itfelf as the fir ft 
fubjeft of confideration in this place. 
The beft time to lay Carnations is, as 
already obferved, when the plants are 
in full bloom, which generally happens 
about the middle, or towards the end of 
July, according as the feafon is more or 
lefs forward ; the praftical part of this 
operation is fo well underftood by almoft 
every perfon who is acquainted with the 
flower, 
