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THE FLORAL WOELD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



frcsli planted, or, belter still, three lengths 

 of tarred rope fastened to pegs driven 

 firmly in the ground. 



I'LOAVEK GAKDEN. 



The chrysanthemums about London 

 are terribly cut up by the October irost, 

 and the shows in private gardens -will be 

 shorn of their accustomed beauty. A 

 little protection in the way of a screen 

 formed of canvas or frigi domo, will be 

 useful both against sun and I'rost while 

 the blooms last. Go on planting all kinds 

 of hardy bulbs, and take a little pains to 

 arrange the colours for effect. A bed of 

 standard roses is an excellent place Ibr a 

 display of hyacinths regularly planted in 

 clumps betwec'i the trees. Take up 



dahlia and marvel of Peru roots, and store 

 away when quite dry. Gather any seeds 

 that remain out, and clry indoors. Set 

 about any intended alterations at once, 

 that the consequent planting may be done 

 before we get frost and snow. 



GHEEKHOTJSE. 



This will now be crowded, and great 

 care must be taken to prevent mildew and 

 damping. Give as much air as possible. 

 Do \^ithout fire as long as you diire, but 

 use a little in foggy weather, to cause a 

 circulation of air. Be gentle with plants 

 that are to be forced ; if put into b at too 

 suddenly, the bloom-buds will lall off or 

 burst. Vines that are started must have 

 steady heat, and the syringe pretty often. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



MtrsHEOOMP. — O. 2f.— They may be grown on 

 shelves as you propose, and i<j refeiring back 

 you will HdcI iiniple mai ructions. 

 Gehamums oi'T OF Bloom. — A. M. D — It de- 

 pends entire J' on the manner in which gera- 

 niums have been {jrownwhether they will bloom 

 this season. Plants struck in June and July, 

 and kejjt Ironi bloomint^ and housed early, are 

 now veiy nay; and those s-truck in August ;\ill 

 begin to blocm at Christmas. 

 Ice Plakt.— .^. M. -D.— Let it perish and go to 

 the rubbish pit, and sow sef d early in February. 

 It wiU be waste of time to try to pieserve it 

 under a hand-glass. 

 AuSTEALiAN SEEDS. — Amateur. — Cupressus and 

 Phorniium (enax, hardy and useful. TheAcaeias 

 we do not know OS woBiff/; tliey are not lardy. 

 Isopogon is a uood gn enhouse evergreen; 

 prf'per soil two pans loam, one peat, one bioken 

 charcoal and broken Iree.-tone, with ) lenty of 

 drainage. The Mimosa is a ^t^.ve tree ; " the 

 seeds will come in a hot-bed in spring, Soil 

 sandy loam, peat, and leaf-mould. 

 Acacia split hy V\ ind, i-.ic.— Subscriher. — Get 

 a smith to drive a bolt through ihe tree, with 

 nuts to draw the rent pans together, and there 

 villi be a likelihood of the rent healing. If the 

 hollow recei-v( s rain, lill it with gralticg clay. 

 Pawlonia seeds rt quire a very gentle heat to 

 start them. Your Alstraemeria must have green- 

 house protection. Any other kinds niay be 

 kept in a Iranie. Tritoma seedlings may be 

 wintered in a Irame ; they are not particular as 

 to soil. 

 EosEsiJi,WLy Budded.— tT. P.— Leave them alone 

 till iMareh, tin n cut toone bud abovelheinserted 

 bud, and when the inserted bud has grown two 

 or three inches cut to it, and let the rose have 

 all the sap. 

 Tank-heated Bed. — Constant.— Cover the piiJC 

 with common hollow barn tiles, and over them 

 a bed ol brolcen bricks oi' large {;ravcl. 

 Gkeenhousk Heating. — iSuhscriher.—Yow may 

 use a portable stove if you take care not to 

 make a dust in the house. Use it only when 

 stress of weaihcT compels. A hot-water pipe 

 from the dweliniK-room would be better, il 

 jou can ventilate wiihout letting frost in. do. 

 CovtEiNG ECU Dead Thees. — T. L. L. — The best 

 you can have is Irish ivy. Virginian creeper 



would cover it quickly, but it is not ever- 

 green. Any of the Ayrshire roses would do. 



TnniiY-six Dahlias.— 7Foorft'!7/c. — Lady Pop- 

 ham, Mi.'-s Pressley, Duchess of '\^'ellUlglon, 

 Fanny Dods, Fcarlets, lion. Mrs. 'Iiotter, Mrs. 

 Church, Trioniphe dePecq, Lord Bath, Loinnel 

 Windham, Lord I'almerston, Midnight, bich;ird 

 Cobden, Sir K. Pee), Sir C. Ivapier, bir 1'. Ba- 

 thurst, Kacliel Eawhrgs, Sir 3. Franklin, Lady 

 Franklin, Flower ot the Day, Lennnade, 

 Golden Di-op, Itosebud, Satirist. Faiiciti, — Taiu 

 O'^hauter, Polyphen us, Laoy Dougl s, Marc 

 .Antony, Coiiiel, Paron Aloeison, Duihess of 

 Kent, Iniperatrice Fuj.enie, Lad^ Pa.Nton, MifS 

 Frsmptoii, Clecpntra. Countess of B' ciive. 



Cyiisuses. — W. F. — Yoi. must leave them alone 

 tilltheyha\e flowered, then tut thi m to what 

 shape you like, and keep them in the house till 

 they break. Stop the thoots till they become 

 conipaet, and repot aheui August. S\ hy not 

 sow sceel iii d jiet a new stock of nianitueable 

 phints ? Manure your vine herder liberally, 

 and give plenty of water m xt season, ironj May 

 to the end ot August. The \^o;d to be tnt 

 aw ay is )hi.t which has beirne fruit, not the mciu 

 stems which furnish thewnU. Your letter came 

 loo late lor the attention it requires. 



Basket Plants. — jii j«»'/o. — Double-flow f ring 

 Tro| ceolum, Tradetcanl.a zibrina, Hibbirtia 

 gro?sulari£eloba, Pe lygone suavis, Fuchsia Sir 

 Whliam Midetleton, AIauiaud>a Barclayaua. 



Hkubaeia. — Wisbech. — A solution of corrosive 

 suhlin.ate in alcohej will destroy the insects. A 

 plasterer or bi itklayer w ould make the moultts 

 it he liad plain instructions. 



EcciiEMOCAHrus.— ^. Ihciiipson.^—Sovf in heat in 

 February, and pot the seedlings in light 

 sandy soil. Is the acacia a greenhouse or stove 

 species ? It probably wants warmth. 



Gkape ViNi.s. — E. U. — Your vines do not get 

 suiUcieut water when Ihe berries aresuelhng. 

 Kext season give them jilenty of srap-su<ls Iroin 

 May to September. Move the vine out at once, 

 and take in the Hamburg. (.ut jour holly 

 in Febriiarj', with a sfh.rp kiiii'e, not with 

 iihears. Open a Ireneli, three leet deep, round 

 the araucaria, and lill it in with stift' loam. 

 — G. 11. — Xlievine^ will never thrive with their 

 roofs under a law n. Give the m a pi eiper border, 

 with ilenty of turf, old moi tar, inch Tsones, and 

 half-rotten dung, mixed with the soil. 



