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peiclies, nectarines, and other fr;iit to burst 

 on ripeninpr, anl tlipie is no diiBL-al'y in ac- 

 counting for it itwe remember the lonij drouprlit 

 that occurred vttiile the I'ruit was snelliu;? and 

 the he. ivy rain^ tiiat set in at the season of 

 ripening. But bursting often indicates that the 

 vines were insutSoiently fed while in full vigour 

 of growth, and we fully believe that you gave 

 them too little water" during the montlis of 

 May and June, and in consequence the sUin of 

 the berries got ha d and was unable to expand 

 when a large supply of juice was thrown into 

 them. Give ihem heavy drenching of soap- 

 suds next summer, and you will f.ire better, not 

 only as to the bunches, but in keeping down 

 mildew. The vine you want to take out, should 

 be moved at once, as it may be started rather 

 early in the spring, when it would be injurious 

 to expose it suddenly to ttie weather. If the 

 wood is wi 11 ripened frost will not hurt a h;iray 

 kind. The holly hedge must be cut with a 

 sharp knife (not clipped) at the end of February. 

 It should be only under a stern necessity that a 

 knife should touch holly. The Araucariais, we 

 suspect, too dry at the roots when growing. The 

 tendency to go brown at the points, and even t ) 

 lose the lower bi'anches, is common. 'Ihe soil 

 in which it thrives best is a sound, deep loam, of 

 course without manure. If you have reason to 

 believe it is not tui iving in your sandy soil, we 

 should advise opening a deep trench round it 

 and fill in the trench with a mixture of stitf loam 

 and leaf-mould, a^ preferable to taking the tree 

 tip. Get " Sanders on the Vine." 

 Roses Xewlt Bdddbd.— .7^. P. — Trim in all wild 

 growths moderately, but do riot cut in any 

 closer the shoots that are budded. In March 

 cut. back every budded shoot to one wild bud 

 above the inserted bud, and let that wild bud 

 grow till the inserted has started well, when it 

 may he removed close over tne newly-formed 

 shnotofthe rose. Tue wild bud left is called 

 the " sap bud," and its duty is to draw the sap 

 to the inserted and thus help it to get its own 

 living. 

 Gbeaxiums out op Bloom.* — A. M. D. — The 

 duration of bloom depends very much on treat- 

 ment. Plants that are pot-bound will bloom 

 early and sopu be exhaus'ed, and to ensure a 

 succession of bloom alltheyear round, youmust 

 grow a succession of plants. Those struck in 

 July and August will give bloom at Christmas; 

 these struck later, if in a warm house, will begin 

 to b'.ooin in April, and so on. It is entirely a 

 matter of management. Let the ice plants die, 

 and sow seed early next spring. 

 Seeds fhom Austealia.* — Amateur. — Cupressus 

 pyramidalis is a hardy evt-ri^reen, well known 

 under its more popular name of C. sempei-virens. 

 Phormium is the Flax Lily, also hardy, and one 

 of the handsomest of herbaceous plants. The 

 Acacias are grcenlioiise kinds. The Isopogon 

 requires greenhouse culture in fibiy loaiu three 

 parts, flbry peat one pait, and a mo lerate 

 amount of broiien charcoal and small potsherds 

 added. It is an evergreen slirub. The Mimosa 

 requires stove culture in sandy loam and peat. 

 "VViih the exception of the Cypress and the Flax, 

 the seeds must be raised in a brisk heat, after 

 the turn of the year. The others may be sown 

 in a cold frame in March. 

 Dahlias foe next Seasoit.* — Wooiicille. — 

 If you intend to show 21 you ought to grow 30. 

 The Ibdowing you mav r<^ly upon as nood: — 

 Miss Pres^ley," Lady Pophiim, Mrs. Church, 

 Fanny ICeyi.Gs, Mrs. Critchet, Sir Jolm Frank- 

 hn, C .lonel Windham, Sir C. ^'apier, 8ir H. 

 Havelock, Triomphe de Pecq, Lord Bath, 

 Midnight, Touchstone, Mr. Selden, Deutsche 

 Wierde, Satirist, Lilac King, Fearless, Queen 

 of Whites, Standard Bearer, Duchess of Nor- 

 thumberland, King of Yellows, Goldtinder, 



Lollypop, George Glenuy, Bessie, Lord Cardi- 

 gan," Dr. Gully, Flower of the Day, lion. Mrs. 

 Trotter. Jfaucies : — Lady Paxtou, Triomphe de 

 ltoub.aix. Baron Alderson, Coraus, Tarn O'Shan- 

 ter. Duchess o; Kent, Illimitable, Miss Herbert, 

 Cloapatra, Countess of Ueciive, Gloire no Ka;n, 

 Tiger. Ttie seedlings of 1H59 we shouhl most 

 recommend are:— Laly Taunton, Piuto, Mrs. 

 H. Vyse, Lady fennant, and Oscar. 

 tref.nhousb I'oxsTunciiox. — G. li. C. — The 

 best mode of heating such a small house would 

 be by means of furnace and flue on the old plan. 

 SVe know nothing of the American stove, and 

 the Arnott's stove is not suited for such a little 

 place. A sis-inch pipe would do for the flue, 

 01- a brick on edge. With slates on the top for 

 a narrow bid of sand. The vmtilaturs in iront 

 and back wall would allow of the roiif being 

 fixed, which is an advantage. The frames in 

 front need noS have a supply of warm air; such 

 a supply wotdd only involve inonveniences to 

 annoy you. The three feet table will be too 

 wide ; say two feet, and make the stiice of wood, 

 and moveable, a foot wider; or divn. > the stage 

 and have an eleva-.ed path along the baclj, with 

 a shelf next the wall. Let the fo lowiuj4 lines 

 represent, from left to right, the plan of front 

 shelf, main walk, stage, back path, and back 

 shelf :— 



There is no occasion tor an intermediate ease in 

 managing the Waltonian. Mr. llibberd raises 

 thousan is of plaits in it, and never yet experi- 

 enced such a want. Why siiould the plants be 

 suddenly lilted out, when they can be cooled 

 down in the ease ? 



Greknhouse without Flue. — Sulscriber.~The 

 best plan would be to carry a hot-water pipe 

 round from the dwelling, but as you object 

 to the expense, you may use one of those 

 little portable stoves with safety, if you take 

 care never to make a dust in the house. We 

 have seer, many preenhouses protected from 

 Jrost by means of those stoves, an I safety is in- 

 creased bv adopting a pipe-flue, to pass out 

 through the roof, where it can be protected by 

 a mushroom-shaped cover. With such stoves 

 accidents are very possible, and you had better 

 attend to it whol.y yourself, and then you need 

 he in no fear. Charcoal fumes are injurious to 

 vegetation, but you would only use the stove 

 during the prevalence of frost, and in mild 

 weather the plants would recover from any 

 slight injury by a proper ventilation. The 

 amount of ventilation to be given while the 

 stove is in use must be determined by your own 

 judgment; give as much as you can consistently 

 witb keeping the frost out. 



Plants foe Baskkts.* — Subscriber ab initio. — The 

 following will suit you: — Double-flowering Nas- 

 turtium, scarlet, brown, and yellow; Polygene 

 suavis, sweet scented ; Ivy-leaf geranium, half- 

 a-dozen kinds; Tropa'olum Jarratti and Brachy- 

 seras, variegated ivies, Tradescantia zebrina. 



Climber fob a Dead Trile. — J. Z. L. — There is 

 nothing to beat Irish Ivy for a dead tree. Vir- 

 giniau creeper would cover it quicker than any 

 ehmber we have, but it is not evergreen. 



VAP.iors. — A. B. — The matter is on our minds aa 

 one that admits of little delay. AVe thought M.'a 

 description rather fos:'-'y. S. li. — See an article 

 on autumn-flowering bulbs; the VuricKated hy- 

 drangea is very shy of its blooms. We cannot 

 tell why the arum dues not flower. S.X.Z, — 

 Such a house has been built for the money; 

 of course prices differ in various p irts of the 

 country, and fur that reason we cannot give 

 prices of materials, as a price that would pay a 

 tradesman in one place might prove a ioss in 

 another. All we can honestly do in these mat- 

 ters is to explain principles of construction. 

 Show the plan to your own carpenter, and let 



