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THE PLORAL WORLD AND QARDEN GUIDE, 



GEEENHOTTSE AND STOTK. 



Pelargoniums that have broken freely, 

 slionld be repotted in as small pots as 

 their roots, after trimniiug, can be got 

 into. Young stock should bo well 

 hardened as soon as possible. Keep 

 cinerarias and primiilas growing freely, 

 and make a last sowing of the latter. Sow 

 now, for decorating the house early in the 

 spring, Clarkia, uemophila, ei'ysimum, 

 Oenothera, collinsia, veronica syriaca, mig- 

 niouette, etc. Give plenty of air to stove 

 plants, and get a good stock of young 

 pines forward. Vines that have ripened 

 their fruit should be well cleared, and 

 have thorough rentilaiiou. Whatever 

 painting or repairing is required should 

 be attended to forthwith. 



Auriculas should be turned out of 

 their pots and repotted in rich turfy loam 

 in a very sweet state. If over-potted they 



never do well. Keep rather close for a 

 week after potting. 



^^a/e«*must be trained into wliatevcr 

 shapes they are to have when in bloom, 

 and the plants should be set out in a 

 shady place to ripen their wood. 



Cinerarias, named sorts, should be 

 propagated at once from ollsets, whioli are 

 to be planted round the sides of pots in 

 sandy compost, and at once transferred to 

 a cold frame. 



Pelargoniifms should be turned out of 

 their pots, and the old compost shaken off 

 for repotting, but never until they have 

 broken well after having been cut down. 

 Give plenty of drainage and use as small 

 pots as possible. Sow seeds gathered 

 this season of all kinds of geraniums, 



JPansies. — Plant out from the cutting 

 pans during showery weather, and shade 

 till they make fresh roots. 



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House roE Eoses. — "Eose"has a sunk pit walled 

 round, 12 ft. wide by 18 ft. long, 2 ft. fc) in. deep 

 in front, 4 ft. deep at back, the extra depth be- 

 hind being caused by tlie slope of the ground, 

 over this pit she desires to erect a house for 

 roses, and asks for information how to accom- 

 plish it, the ventilation being the greatest puzzle, 

 tearing injury to the foliage if the ventilators 

 are placed low down. To that there can be no 

 valid objection, as no class of plants delights 

 more in a free circulation of air than pot roses. 

 Of course when ventilators are placed opposite, 

 the cultivator must judge whether the stale of 

 the weather and condition of the plants war- 

 rant opening both sides at once. It is well, 

 however, to provide for even an excels of air, 

 and afterwards use it with discretion. Let Bose 

 build up the ends of the pit, which now slope 

 (excepting, of course, M'here the door and steps 

 are to be), to a level with the back wall, re- 

 turning the brick-work 14 inches round the front 

 corners ; between the corners so returned let 

 five 9 in. piers bo built along the front wall at 

 regular intervals, up to a level with the other 

 brick-work. This will give six apertures for air 



along the front, which may be closedbyashding 

 cover, hung on the principle of the sliding doors 

 at railway stations, or simply hung by joints to 

 lift up and down. This brings the pit up to a 

 level all round ; then lay a sill, 6 in, by 3 in., upon 

 the brick-work into this mortice, upright studs 

 4i in. by 3 in. at the corners, and also 6 feet 

 apart back and front, and about IS in. in height, 

 then upon tliese mortice a plate 4^ in. by 3 in. 

 for the rafters to rest upon. This brings the 

 building up to 6 ft. from the floor hne. Upon 

 this pitch the rafters, four on eiich side. These 

 may be 4^ in. by 3 in., and this will give three 

 bays on each side, each bay to be filled in by 

 seren bars, the bars IJ in. by IJ in. The ridge- 

 tree, in order to get a proper pitch, should be 

 10 ft. from the floor, and its scantling 6 in. by 

 l->r in., consequently, the length of ratters and 

 bars wtII be about 9 ft., and these to be per- 

 manently iixed to the ridge-tree and ratter- 

 plate. Tie each pair of rafters together by an 

 iron rod screwed upon them at 2 ft. below the 

 ridge-tree ; upon these may be a shelf. Obser%'e 

 to groove the rafters for the glass on a line with 

 the rebate in the bars, and to cut an eaves-board 

 into the ends of the bars to support the glass. 

 Between the studs in front of the house, bars_ 

 may be morticed and glazed, and the ends of 

 the house may be constructed in the usual way. 

 If the apertures between the studs at the back 

 were filled by lower boards, swinging on pivots 

 let into the studs, and the boards connected 

 together by a piece of chain, they might easily 

 be hooked up to the rafter-plate when wanted 

 open, would not obstruct the walk that runs at 

 the back, and with the ventilators in front, and 

 what never should be omitted in fixed roofs, a 

 small aperture at the top of each gable, would 

 place at the cultivator's command all the au' he 

 could possibly require. In this case a square 

 of glass left out at the highest point of each 

 end would draw oif any bad air tiiat otherwise 

 might accumulate in the angle of the roof. Glass 

 16 oz. to the foot will answer, and for price con- 

 sult the advertisements of any respectable firm; 

 for quantity, multiply the breadth of each part 

 by the width, which gives the superficial contents. 



