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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN OUIDE. 



best time to plant out a Passiflora is the end of 

 April or first half of May. 



Namks of 'F:E-Rys.— Constant Subsenber.—l, Poly- 

 stichum aeuleatum ; 2, Davalliapyxidata ; 3, Coc- 

 nopteris viviparis ; I, Lastiea filix-mas ; 5, Athy- 

 rium filix-foemina ; Adiantum cuneatum. 



SEEDtiNe Plants and Stocks for Roses. — T. 

 R. J. says, " I have three seedling Dielytras 

 from seed which ripened the summer before 

 last. I have seedling plants of Acacia lopantha 

 several inches high from last year's seed. The 

 sort sometimes called c»sia does not jirogress 

 rapidly or healthily. I iind I can produce tall 

 scarlet geraniums on a single stem straighter 

 and thicker from seed than cuttings, with less 

 tendencytothrowoutlateralbraiiches. 'J hereiip- 

 pearstohavebeen thissmnmera greater quantity 

 of seed than usual on the geranium. I have sown 

 some Boule deneige. Princess Alice, and Kings- 

 bury Pet to increase my stock, without cutting 

 up my few plants. Will they come true .^ 

 [Acacia coesia requires the heat of a stove to do 

 any good : geraniums cannot be depended onto 

 come true from seed ; but there wiU usually be 

 a large proportion true, and a few of those not 

 true may be better their parents, and many will 

 be worse. The Manetti rose is an Alpine spe- 

 cies from the south of Europe ; it grows in the 

 form of a bush in the style of a China on its own 

 roots, and is budded close to the ground, and 

 afterwards planted, with the insertion below the 

 surface of the soil, so that the base of the bud 

 forms roots for itself. Contrary to what has been 

 said, it may be used for standards, by getting 

 strong rods on established plants ; but we have 

 yet to learn how long such standards live. In 

 your light soil the Manetti will probably prove 

 of more service than the dog-rose, and it may 



be had in quantities from almost any nursery 

 at a low price. It comes from layers quicker 

 than any rose we know. 



BEDDitfG Plants. — J. L. will find no difficulty in 

 keeping fancy geraniums in a greenhouse. They 

 only need to be secured fiom frost, to have but 

 little water till they begin to grow with the turn 

 of the 3'ear, and plentv of li'^ht and air at all 

 times as weather permits. See pp. 93, 202, 213, 

 and 230 of last year's volume. 



Various. — Thomltx Hill. — We appreciate your 

 kind offer, but have no desire to overwhelm 

 you with applications, not a fourth of which 

 you would be able to comply with from one 

 plant. — A. F. — The best treatise on the carna- 

 tion, pink, and picotee is in No. 9 of" Garden 

 Favourites and Exhibition Flowers." — A. B. — 

 The best book on English Ferns is " Moore's 

 Handbook," published by Messrs. Groombridge 

 at 5s. — A. B. — Kemp's " How to lay out a Gar- 

 den," is the best best book for your purpose. 

 It is published by Messrs. Bradbury at 12*. 



THE GARDEN ORACLE AND ECONOMIC 

 YEAR-BOOK FOR 1860, 



Will be published on the 20th of October, and 

 will contain, in addition to the usual Almanac 

 information, a List of Ericas to liloom every day 

 in the year ; a Treatise on the Culture of Ericas, 

 Lists of the Winning Flowers of 1859, Notes on 

 New and Old Annuals, Descrip'.ive List of New 

 Plants, introduced during the past year, Notices 

 of New Fruits and New Flowers, Culture of Sper- 

 gula pilifera, illustrated with engraving?, etc., 

 etc. The portion devoted to domestic economy 

 will contain instructions for making British 

 wines ; articles on Bees, and Poultry, and vari- 

 ous matters relating to the household. Adver- 

 tisements will be received up to the 15th idt. 



METEOROLOGICAL CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER. 



AVERAGES FOR THE ENSUING MONTH. 



This is the wettest month iu the ye.ar, the amount of rain sometimes amounting to four inchc, 

 and being very commonly as much as three. Frosts are not of more frequent occurrence than in 

 September. The lowest registers of the thermometer in 1857 occurred on the 30th, thermometer 27^. 

 On the 6th, 1857, it fell to 33\ The highest was 69\ The prevailing winds are S. and S.W. The 

 temperature of October nearly approaches the mean of the year. Averages: Barometer, 29.859 ; 

 thermometer, maximum, 58'; minimum, -43'; mean, 50'. 



PHASES OP THE MOON FOR OCTOBER, 1859. 

 > First Quarter, 3rd, 8h. 32m. p.m. (C Last Quarter, 19th, 5h. 43m. a.m. 



O Full Moon, 11th, lib. 51m. p.m. O New Moon, 20th, 12h. 32m. a.m. 



MEETINGS AND EXHIBITIONS, OCTOBER, 1859. 

 Thursday, 6th, British Pomological Society; ]3th, Horticultural Society, Floral 

 Committee ; 27th, British Pomological ; Horticultural Society, Floral Committee. 



*#* Secretaries ivill ollige by fonvarding Announcemeiifs, Schedules, etc., of 

 forthcoming Exhibitions. 



