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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



allowed to grow upright. Then their beau- 

 ties are spread out under the eye. Again, 

 being so low, and firmly fixed to the 

 grouud, the wind has but little power to 

 injure them. Lastly, the leaves and 

 flowers, being near the soil, they imbibe 

 its moist exhalations, which improve their 

 richness. In pruning, the shoots which 

 have flowered must be cut entirely away. 

 The strong vigorous shoots which are to 

 6ucceed will invariably be found to rise 

 immediately above the root of the plant, 



or rather from the point where the shoots 

 are bent over. Those who have lost the 

 usual season for planting their rose-beds, 

 have still a last chance left them. If they 

 procure pot-plants and turn them out at 

 once, and liberally mulch the surface, they 

 may enjoy a feast of roses this season. In 

 cold, wet soils, and in bleak, exposed situa- 

 tions, May planting from pots is preferable 

 to planting in November or February. 

 Stamford Sill. William Chitty. 



CULTUEE OE CHEYSANTHEMUMS EOE BOEDEE 

 DECOEATION. 



The quantity of rain, followed by sharp 

 frost, has destroyed a great number of the 

 best border varieties ; therefore I recom- 

 mend amateurs to look over their slock 

 03 soon as possible, and make good those 

 that are lost. Take up what remains, 

 and carefully divide, with a little root to 

 them. Replant in leaf-mould and sand, 

 sufficient to start them. Water when 

 planting. Pot about three suckers trian- 

 gularly, eight inches apart. Break the 

 lumps of earth small round the surface, 

 to prevent the wiud and air getting to the 

 roots. Do not water much, or they will 

 damp off. If you hare more plants than 

 you require, place them in a sheltered 

 position in the garden, as a reserve, in case 

 of some going off; if not wanted, you can 



give them to your neighbours afterwards. 

 If the pompones are drawn eight or nine 

 inches long, take out the crown to keep 

 them short, and get the laterals to throw 

 out more freely. What sorts are lost, go 

 to your friends and make exchanges ; per- 

 haps they may have them, and you have 

 what they want. Do not delay too long 

 in making up your stock, as the time for 

 planting borders is quite late enough now. 

 Put them in a good depth if they are much 

 drawn up. Takeoff all bottomleavesthatare 

 under the surface. Any sorts you are very 

 short of, take off sufficient shoots to strike, 

 and pot them in silver sand and light loam, 

 in a cold frame, with very little water, and 

 shade them for nine days, if the sun is bright. 

 Temple Gardens. S. Beoomb. 



CULTIVATION OF THE EANCY PELAEGONItJjYl. 



The fancy pelargonium is one of the most 

 useful subjects for culture in ordinary 

 greenhouses, and it is moreover a general 

 favourite. Its profusion of bloom, long 

 continuance, short sturdy habit, and many 

 delightful tints of colour, render it popular 

 with all lovers of flowers, and insure 

 its cultivation, to an extent commensurate 

 with the glass accommodation, in all good 

 gardens. As it is now coming into bloom, 

 collectors of varieties, who can avail them- 

 selves of the opportunity, will do right to 

 visit the principal exhibitions, where may 

 be seen the results of skill and care, that 

 have combined to rear and preserve, and 

 bring to perfection as specimen plants, 

 some of Nature's most beautiful objects. 

 At the exhibitions, the amateur grower 



may obtain hints for improving a col- 

 lection, by noting new varieties, and 

 judging of the style of cultivation most 

 suitable for each particular kind, and 

 for the particular structure in which the 

 plants are to be bloomed. To give a uni- 

 versally correct style for a specimen is 

 somewhat difficult, as it wholly de- 

 pends upon what it is intended for ; 

 we see pyramids trained so regularly as 

 to terminate at top in a single central 

 bloom, which, if for a low position in the 

 conservatory, show their blooms admi- 

 rably, but we do not set much value upon 

 them for general purposes. Others are 

 grown to a perfect circumference with a 

 medium rise in the centre, suitable for a low 

 stage or a flat table. This is a very showy 



