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WINTER  FLOWERING  CARNATIONS. 
IN  all  gardening  operations  not  the  least  among 
the  many  details  which  help  to  bring  success 
is  the  faculty  of  persistently  “  looking  ahead,”  and 
by  management  and  strenuous  endeavour,  making 
the  most  of  every  opportunity  which  occurs  to 
carry  out  the  various  details  of  culture  at  the 
right  time.  During  the  long  snrintr  and  early 
summer  months,  though  the  days  are  lengthy,  it 
is  difficult  to  crowd  into  each  the  amount  of  work 
one  would  like  to  do,  but  it -is  generally  possible 
to  so  arrange  matters  as  to  defer  for  a  time  the 
performance  of  such  work  as  will  suffer  the  least 
through  delayed  attention. 
The  bustle  of  bedding  time  is  now  over,  and 
having  provided  the  materials  for  a  brilliant 
summer  display,  our  thoughts  and  attention  are 
naturally  directed  towards  plants  which  are  to 
brighten  the  dull  days  of  winter  with  floral  gems. 
Tree  Carnations  are  decidedly  winter  flowering 
plants  of  great  importance,  and  the  present  is  a 
capital  time  to  bestow  a  little  extra  attention  upon 
them.  Plants  from  cuttings  inserted  in  the  spring 
should  now  be  ready  for  a  shift  into  6  and  7-inch 
pots — which  are  suitable  sizes  to  flower  them  in. 
An  excellent  potting  compost  is  one  formed  of 
three  parts  mellow  fibrous  loam,  and  one  of  sweet 
partially  decayed  manure  which  has  been  fre¬ 
quently  turned,  with  sharp  sand  and  lime  rubble 
added.  Drain  the  pots  well,  pot  firmly,  and  place 
the  plants  for  a  time  in  a  shady  position  in  the 
open  air,  when,  with  one  or  two  daily  syringinga 
during  bright  weather,  they  will  quickly  recover 
from  the  check  consequent  upon  potting,  and  begin 
to  grow  freely';  then  they  ought  to  be  removed 
to  a  sunny  position  and  have  the  pots  plunged  to 
about  half  their  depth  in  coal  ashes. 
Such  plants  should  have  been  stopped  a  few 
weeks  previous  to  potting ;  if  this  was  not  done 
remove  the  points  of  each  shoot  a  week  aiter  the 
final  potting  is  performed.  This  will  cause  them 
to  send  up  a  sufficient  number  of  strong  growths 
to  produce  abundance  of  flowers.  Strict  attention 
must  be  paid  to  watering  during  the  summer 
months,  being  careful  not  to  overwater  till  rciti 
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