. American carnation culture. llen applied to the stizma with a smallbrush and the flowers enclosed in a bag of gause toprevent the access of insects, which would probablybring the pollen of some other kind to interfere withthe action of the strange pollen. It is by following the process I have recitedthat the different variedes of Carnations have beenobtained. The operadon is delicate and the chances ofobtaining a Carnation better than some existingvarieties is less than one in a thousand. But this should not deter florists and amateursfrom seeking to create new varieties of plants otevery ki
. American carnation culture. llen applied to the stizma with a smallbrush and the flowers enclosed in a bag of gause toprevent the access of insects, which would probablybring the pollen of some other kind to interfere withthe action of the strange pollen. It is by following the process I have recitedthat the different variedes of Carnations have beenobtained. The operadon is delicate and the chances ofobtaining a Carnation better than some existingvarieties is less than one in a thousand. But this should not deter florists and amateursfrom seeking to create new varieties of plants otevery kind. It is the most fascinating part of a floristsbusiness to watch a properly fecundated seed fromthe tiny seed leaves to the mature plant. Thedeveloping bud has a center of interest that noother bud can have. Will the flower be double orsingle, large or small, white, red, yellow, purple? anda dozen other unknown possibilities existing to stim-ulate interest and curiosity, lies hidden withinthat calyx. 32 CARNATION CUI TL O O o (U CO :3o (D o ;-iO w
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