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remain out. Use plenty of sand about 

 them to prevent rotting, as the ground is 

 very wet and cold. 



Camellias will not stand so much heat 

 as azaleas. As you can get time clean the 

 foliage of specimen plants. 



Carnations in pits to have as much air 

 as possible, and little or no water. On 

 fine mornings take the lights off. Keep 

 them very clean. 



Cinerarias will want plenty of air to 

 prevent mildew. Choose bright mornings 

 to water, and get their leaves dry before 

 shutting-up. See that specimen plants are 

 in good shape, and peg out the leaves if 

 necessary. 



Forcing. — Keep asparagus going for 

 succession. Ehubarb, seakale, and French 

 beans will soon be iu recptest. Lay a few 

 picked tubers of early potatoes on a warm 

 flue to sprout for planting over dung-heat, 

 and get a bed or two ready. 



Greenhouse. — To be kept as dry and 

 airy as possible ; do not be in haste to use 

 fires. 



Hardy Fruits may still be planted, but 

 if they cannot be got in quickly, wait till 

 February or March, as after the middle of 

 December there is a little risk till after the 

 turn of the year. Unnail wall-trees, and 

 wash the walls with cement and sulphur 

 vivum, to which add a little Spanish red 

 for colouring. Orchard-house trees may 

 be primed at once, and washed with a 



solution of eight ounces of Gishurst to a 

 gallon of soft water. 



Kitchen Garden crops to be kept free 

 of dead leaves, and the hoe to be used be- 

 tween during mild weather. Brocoli may 

 be heeled over to the north. Early peas 

 and ilazagan beans may be sown. Warm 

 slopes, not over-rich, will be the best places. 

 Pelargoniums to be kept as much as 

 possible without fire, but to dry the house 

 it may be usefid occasionally. The fancies 

 need warmth the most. 



lines, breaking, to have a gradual rise 

 of temperature, so as to average Go 3 by 

 day and BO 1 at night, when they come into 

 bloom. Too suddeu a rise will make long 

 joints and weakly growth, independent of 

 the injury to the crop. A warm, dry bor- 

 der wdl do as much as the best manage- 

 ment of the temperature of the house. 



Bedding Plants should be looked over 

 occasionally, and the pits and frames 

 emptied and filled again to clear away all 

 dead leaves aud insure a good airing. Ama- 

 teurs have many losses through lack of 

 attention to this work, and mildew makes 

 havoc, unseen, while there appears to be 

 nothing the matter. Short of actual frost, 

 the more air the better, and if water is 

 wanted, give a good soaking on a fine 

 morning when the barometer is high and 

 steady, so that the balls may get a little 

 dry again before change of weather to wet 

 or frost. 



TO COKBESPONDEKTS. 



THE GARDEN ORACLE, 1861. 



Some of our friends were disappointed in not 

 getting copies of the Oracle at the first issue, 

 which we regret. This was partly owing to the 

 orders for them not being given till the last mo- 

 ment. The publishers have now a large supply, 

 and we advise our readers to make early appli- 

 cation for them through the booksellers, as we 

 do not contemplate reprinting. The greatest 

 care has been taken in the preparation of the 

 lists, and we believe it contains description of 

 every novelty of merit sent out during 1860, 

 and to be sent out in 1861, as far as trade pro- 

 jects are at present determined on. The form 

 of these lists wdl render the Oracle a valuable 

 work of reference hereafter, especially in the 

 tracing out the history of particular subjects, 

 such as roses, chrysanthemums, dahlias, etc., 

 at the same time enabling every grower of 

 plants to take a bird's-eye view of the progress 

 of improvement among tbe particular class of 

 subjects in which he is interested. Respecting 

 the list of 365 herbaceous .plants, we^hope to 

 find space for a few remarks in these pages 

 shortly. 



Thk "Floral Would," Vol. III., handsomely 

 bound, price 6s., will be ready about the 15th 

 of this month. 



•«• The January Number of the Floral 'World 

 will have to be printed a little earlier than usual, 



and we shall be glad if correspondents will let 

 us have their commuuications iu good time. 

 TiFPANT-HorsES, etc. — G. B. C— If these are 

 built like wicker baskets, of course they will be 

 blown away. We have plainly said that they 

 will only do for certain purposes ; but you ap- 

 pear to have read very little on the subject ; fo, 

 at lea^t, we gather from your remark as to its 

 being "reported that tiffany-houses are to be 

 recommended." The fact is, they have been re- 

 comirended in the Floral World by no less 

 an authority than Mr. Standi^h, who builds 

 them so that they do not blow to rags. AVe 

 cannot but regret you should travel from Ken- 

 sington toNewiuL'ton only to find that the show 

 was postponed. You must not blame us for it ; 

 no, rior the growers at Newington. The Bhow 

 was fixed for the 9th, and alteied after our No- 

 vember number was printed. Allow us to re- 

 mind you that the National Rose Show was 

 postponed from the 30th of June to the litli of 

 July after many exhibitors had disbudded. The 

 Sydenham show was postponed a fortnight, the 

 Brixton a month, and many of the provincial 

 societies have had to do the same thing. Do 

 not blame the people, blame the weather, which 

 has upset more momentous projects than flower- 

 shows this year. You do not say what bulbs 

 they are you have in the box ; if hyacinths, cro- 

 cuses, or tulips, cover with sand till they get 



