The New England farmer . covering of leaves and evergreen boughs,and flower very well; but then not one plantin a hundred will be considered worth savingby the florist, although they will all be inter-esting as single, semi-double, or irregularflowers, and riehly repay all the labor. Val-uable varieties are generally propagated fromlayers, which often keep very well in the openground by letting them remain with the panntplant, and covering them with leaves and pineboughs; but the most certain way is, whenthe layers have taken root, to pot them, andat the approach of winter put them in a framew
The New England farmer . covering of leaves and evergreen boughs,and flower very well; but then not one plantin a hundred will be considered worth savingby the florist, although they will all be inter-esting as single, semi-double, or irregularflowers, and riehly repay all the labor. Val-uable varieties are generally propagated fromlayers, which often keep very well in the openground by letting them remain with the panntplant, and covering them with leaves and pineboughs; but the most certain way is, whenthe layers have taken root, to pot them, andat the approach of winter put them in a framewhere they may be kept with perfect safety,provided air is given them in mild weather,and they are not exposed to the sun when in afrozen state. The mice are very destructiveto all Pinks; therefore the frame must be tight. the propagation of the Carnation by layersis a very simple operation. When the plantis in perfection of bloom, Uy around it oneand one-half or two inches of compost, first 346 NEW ENGLAND FAKjVIER. July. Carnation Qen. Grant. gently stirring the surface so that it may mixwell; remove the lower leaves of the shootsselected; pass the pen knife, slanting upwards,half through the joint; fasten the shoot, whereso cut, about two inches under tie surface,with a small hooked peg, bending carefully soas not to break it at the incision; then fix itfirmly by gently pressing the earth aroundwith the fingers, and finish by cutting off abouthalf an inch of the upper extremities of theleaves with scissors. The sap soon begins togranulate at the wound, and throw out about a month or six weeks, if the soil hasbeen kept moderately moist, the layers maybe severed from the parent plant and estab-lished for themselves; or they may remai-nwhere they are, if the stem to which they areattached be carefully cut off. The Carnation requires a rich, generous,deep soil. A compost of three parts of good,strong garden loam, three parts hot-bed ma-nure, two years old, three parts of
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