. The American carnation; How to grow it. Ward, Charles Willis. Soils As soon as dry enough, the soil should be turned over and thoroughly shaken out. The second or third day after the soil has been sterilized it should again be turned over and thoroughly shaken, in order to break up any lumps that may have been formed in the process of steaming. It should then stand from one to two days, or until it contains only the proper degree of moisture necessary for the plant to begin growth. The treatment after this will be no difTerent from that given to unsterilized soil. Thomas Hogg, in ending his
. The American carnation; How to grow it. Ward, Charles Willis. Soils As soon as dry enough, the soil should be turned over and thoroughly shaken out. The second or third day after the soil has been sterilized it should again be turned over and thoroughly shaken, in order to break up any lumps that may have been formed in the process of steaming. It should then stand from one to two days, or until it contains only the proper degree of moisture necessary for the plant to begin growth. The treatment after this will be no difTerent from that given to unsterilized soil. Thomas Hogg, in ending his treatise upon the carnation, pays tribute to the necessity for good culture and rich, well-prepared soil, in the following: "Notice Extraordinary. "Non Semper idem floribus est honos vernis.—Horace. "To the ladies and gentlemen who take pleasure in the flower garden, this officious intimation is hereby given, in the name and in the behalf of all the florists in Great Britain: "That as much as the poor, sickly, half-starved, ragged, disconsolate man dififers from the same man when prosperous, well fed, well clothed, in health, cheerful and at his ease, so much does the healthy, well-cultivated flower differ from the. same flower when neglected, and planted in barren and improper soil. In vain will the same man exclaim, 'I am he, I am the man ;' no one will believe him, scarce anyone will know him—he is the world's scorn. "So it is often the case with a flower, when in the hands of a florist, and again when in the care of some gentleman's or lady's bungling gardener—the flower is no longer acknowledged to be the same flower; thus reproach is very often unmeritedly incurred by the florist. "By way of recapitulation, then, be it added, that one-third fresh loam or maiden earth, two-thirds frame dung, with one-sixth of the whole, dried road grit or sand, put together in the autumn, and frequently turned in the winter, will form a compost in which
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