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serted in sand under a bell-glass in spring, i casionally give weak, liquid manure, to 

 will root with a bottom-heat of 70% and promote a strong growth. After flowering, 

 may then be potted into the smallest pots, more to a cool house, and keep as dry as 

 and again put into a gentle heat, and possible till February, and then prime 

 shadecf till established, and when they fill rather close and start into growth in a 

 the pots with roots, have a shift to the j moist heat. Repot as soon as they have 

 next size lai'ger. A warm house with free j made good breaks, and shift into bloom- 



ventilation is then the proper place for 

 them. The proper soil is a mixture of 

 turfy peat, loam, and old cow-dung, with 

 plenty of sand and nodules of charcoal 



ing pots the first week in July, after which 

 tie out and keep growing vigorously till 

 they bloom again. Planted out in the 

 conservatory border, its appearance is at 



(Shift as required, stop and train out to a j all times pleasing, and when iu bloom, 

 good shape ; syringe frequently, and oc- superb. 



{To he continued.) 



A GAY GREENHOUSE. 



' M. C." requests growers to assist in 

 pointing out varieties for a greenhouse, to 

 relieve the sameness of Geraniums and 

 Fuchsias. 



Early in autumn, take up some Salvias, 

 pot them, and they will form a brilliant 

 contrast to Ageratums, which should be 

 taken up at the same time. Mine have 

 been, and are now, in full bloom, with blue 

 Isemophila (sown in November), Yer- 

 benas, Citrus, Coronilla, Dielytras, and 



Tree Mignonnette, not omitting Cyclamen. 

 A gay greenhouse is easily obtained. My 

 Petunias are also in full bloom, and make 

 a pleasing addition. The Nemophila grows 

 better in pots than in beds, as rain so 

 soon destroys their bloom. At the pi-e- 

 sent time mine is one mass about two 

 feet high ; as it grows, so I tie it, and it 

 blooms to the top of the stick. 



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CULTIVATION OF POMPONE CHRYSANTHEMUMS IN POTS. 



BY JAMES HOLLAND, GABDE>^EI!, TO E. W. PEAKE, ESQ., HOtJNSLOW. 



to damp off. Gradually harden them off 

 to sun and air when struck, and pot on 

 without delay, as, if allowed to get 

 cramped in a small pot, it will much 

 injure their breaking after the first stop, 

 which should be at the seventh or eighth 

 joint. Some little difference depends upon 

 the kinds, but on an average the seventh 

 or eighth joint will suffice ; also continue 

 such stopping until August. Cuttings 

 started at once will make beautiful objects 

 for the conservatory in the dreary month 

 of November, and not unsightly for an 

 exhibition table if properly managed. 

 However, as the November cuttings are 

 now far advanced, they may not be grown 

 so large, but as good in quality ; and as 

 censors of this popular flower, take size 

 in preference to cultivation and quality, 

 it would be useless to attempt to compete. 

 There are several methods of ti-aining ; 

 much depends upon the place where they 

 are intended to bloom. K for a conserva- 



The following is a summary of my own 

 method of ciiltivatingPompones in pots : — 

 The compost used consists of loam three 

 parts, well-decomposed manure one part, 

 and suflicient sUver-sand to take the water 

 through ; and as cleanliness is always 

 essential to vegetation, clean pots should 

 be used at every change as well as drainage. 

 Having thus prepared pots and composts, 

 the cuttings should be taken clearly above 

 ground, removing the lower leaves and 

 eyes with them, which prevents a con- 

 fusion of suckers during then' growth ; 

 also making a clear-stemmed plant. The 

 cuttings may be inserted singly in thumb- 

 pots, or five or six round a forty-eight 

 size pot ; it is but little importance which, 

 providing they are potted on as soon as 

 they have fairly struck, and strike they 

 will freely at this season of the year in 

 any shady corner whatever. An excess of 

 moisture must be avoided until they are 

 well established, otherwise they are likely 



