THE FLORAL WOELD AND GAEDEN GUIDE. 



GEEENHOUSE. 



Most of the plants will uow be turned 

 out to harden ; and for decoratmg the 

 beds, borders, windows, etc., surplus 

 plants, after the beds are filled, may be 

 used for jardinieres, to ornament the lawns, 

 etc. Put up shading to prolong the 

 beauty of plants in ilower, and to exclude 

 bees, etc. Cut in any plants that have 

 done blooming ; set pelargoniums out of 

 doors to break, and do not repot till they 



have made plenty of short shoots. As 

 soon as possible clear out the house for 

 repainting and repairs. 



Give plenty of water to stove-plants, 

 and air hard-wooded stock freely. New 

 Holland plants should have shifts as 

 required, for they are nov/ gi'owing 

 viororouslv. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Books and Catalogues Eeceived. — " Messrs. 

 E. Gr. Henderson and Sons, Spring List of Plants 

 on Sale at the Wellington iS'urser)', St. John's 

 Wood." A copious selection from the immense 

 stock of this celebrated house, including stove 

 and greenhouse plants, exhibition and bedding 

 stock, miscellaneous border, shrubbery, pro- 

 menade, and rock plants ; novelties in great 

 variety, including new verbenas, chrysanthe- 

 mums, gloxinias, Bouvardias, dahlias, gera- 

 niums, fuchsias, calceolarias, phloxes, be- 

 gonias, achimenes, camellias, etc. Among the 

 subjects of special interest arc three new gera- 

 niums of great beauty, raised by Mr. Beaton, 

 of Surbiton ; a set of nine new fuchsias, raised 

 by Mr. Banks ; a set of twenty-two new verbenas, 

 from the seedlings of Mr. Breeze ; a set of new 

 variegated-leaved geraniums ; a new yellow 

 rose, called Jean Hardy, etc. The catalogue 

 consists of 104 pages, admirably arranged, and 

 priced throughout. — "A Tour Hound my 

 Garden, from the French of M. AJphonse 

 Karr. Koutledice and Co." One of the most 

 deliglitful books for garden reading ever pro- 

 duced ; full of thought, humour, pathos, and 

 eloquence, and too important to be dismissed 

 with a mere acknowledgment of its excellence. — 

 " Moore's Irish Melodies." Edited by Pro- 

 fessor Glover. Duffy and Co., Dublin. This is 

 a splendid quarto edition, with the ntiusic 

 printed on the same pages with the words 

 throughout. As an example of printing, it does 

 the highest credit to Messrs. Collingridgc, of 

 the " City Press," as the editing, etc., prove the 

 spiirit of the publisher. AVe believe it to be the 

 best, and, considering its beauty, the cheapest 

 edition issued. — " Supplement to Catalogue No. 

 65, of plants grown at the Horticultural 

 Establishment of Arabroise Verschaffelt, Pvue de 

 Chaume, Ghent." Aselectionof the most useful 

 stove, conservatory, and bedding plants, in- 

 cluding many novelties, all priced. The palms, 

 cycads, and new flowering stove plants are 

 entered atvery moderate prices. New petunias, 

 verbenas, and dahlias also figure conspicuously 

 in the list. — " Select Catalogue of Bedding and 

 Border Plants, Climbing Plants, new Verbenas, 

 Petunias, Fuchsias, etc., grown for sale by 

 Edwin Cooling, Mile Ash Nurseries, Derby." 

 Independent of tlie cxctUence of this selection, 

 including all the best decorative, bedding, and 

 furnishing plants, entered at very reasonable 

 prices, this catalogue gives the heights and 

 colours, which will be a great assistance to 

 amateurs in choosing sorts, and help them to 

 make their arrangements with greater pre- 

 cision as to minute distinctions of species and 

 varieties. — " General Catalogue of Plants and 

 Trees offered by Milne, Arnott, and Co , Wands- 

 worth-road, London, S." A verv full and ad- 



mirably arranged list of achiaienes, azaleas, 

 cameUias, chrysanthemums, ferns, geraniums, 

 fruit trees, stove and greenhouse plants, and 

 every variety of smnmer stock for furnishing, 

 bedding, etc. The achimenes include some 

 new and remarkable hybrids raised by Mr. 

 Breeze, most of them as attractive for their 

 fine foliage, as for the richness and variety of 

 their blossoms. There are above 200 of the 

 best camellias entered at very low prices, a 

 very full list of azaleas, and in greenhouse and 

 stove-jjlants all the most desirable and gene- 

 rally useful species and varieties. 



Brocoli after Potatoes. — IF. P. P. — You 

 ought to manure liberally to talce a crop of 

 brocoli after potatoes ; and if the ground is 

 liberally manured, it will be in good heart for 

 potatoes again, which always ilo best where 

 manure was used for a previous crop, and not 

 at all at the time of planting. Broken bones, 

 soot, green refuse, and anything that will rot 

 may lie turned to account ; and do not forget 

 to give the brocoli the benefit of all liquid re- 

 fuse that can be got from the house. Many 

 people commit to the sewers what is duo to the 

 land, and expend money in the purchase of 

 manures which are not half so valuable as 

 that which costs nothing, and which is wasted 

 without a thought of its value. 



CuiTiNGS SiHUCK IN ArraL. — A.J3. — Inste.ad of 

 potting off cuttings struck in heat iu a frame, it 

 is better to let them remain where they are 

 doing well, tiU wanted for final planting ; they 

 thus have but one check instead of two. As 

 you found it best last year to harden them off 

 where they stood, you cannot do better than 

 takealesson therefrom, for anitemof exjierience 

 is worth more than a volume of written advices. 

 At 3| inches apart these young plants will not 

 crowd each other, and if the runners mix, it is 

 easy to pinch them back, and so benefit the 

 growth at the same time. Cuttings of gera- 

 niums, verbenas, and fuchsias, may remain in 

 a hot-bed at 75' to 80' for si.x weeks, if well 

 aired and cooled down with care for hardening. 

 Geraniums will bear moving better than any 

 bedding plants we have, and if it be desirable to 

 get them into pots so as to form stocky plants 

 with good balls to turn out, pot them as soon 

 as they begin to push their shoots well, which 

 is a sure sign they are fairly rooted, but give 

 bottom heat again for a fortnight. Your letter 

 came too late for last month's Number, 

 and it was from no lack of courtesy we did not 

 answer it by po.st, but because we make it a 

 rule to have no more private correspondence 

 than is absolutely warranted by peculiar circimi- 

 stances. The link between oiu-selves and our 



