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draughts. Partially shade Camellias, Azaleas, forced Lilacs, and other shrubs 

 from the sun ; the flowers will last so much longer and look fresher. Heaths 

 can hardly be kept too cool. Cinerarias and Calceolarias should be shifted into 

 larger pots for late bloom. Pelargoniums must be stopped, trained, and staked ; 

 a temperature of 50° to 55° is most suitable for these plants. Fuchsias must be 

 shifted when they have grown an inch or two, and kept moist until fresh root- 

 action is established. The sowing and pricking off of flower-garden stock must 

 be persevered in ; also the putting in and potting of cuttings of Verbenas, 

 Ageratums, Alternantheras, Dahlias, Salvias, &c. Place Dahlia roots and Marvel 

 t>/' PerM in heat for increase. Prick off seedling Daisies, Violets, Pol//anthuses, 

 Ranunculuses, &:c., ia cold -pits. Give all the air possible to Auriculas, Pinks, 

 Carnations, &c., keeping them, in fact, out of doors when the thermometer is 

 over 40°.— D. T. Fish, Bury St. EdmuncVs. 



FRUITS. 

 In-Doohs. — Pine Apples : The directions given last month for fruiting plants 

 hold good during this. Take advantage of fine weather to shift the whole of 

 the young stock ; all plants that are well rooted may have a liberal shift at once, 

 but any plants that are not well rooted should have the greater part of the soil 

 shook from the roots and be repotted in the same sized pots ; and after they 

 have filled these with fresh roots, then they should have a liberal shift. Under 

 no circumstances should a badly-rooted plant be shifted into a larger-sized pot. 

 Pines will grow well in a variety of soils, but will not thrive in chalk or sandy 

 soils. A good turfy loam of an adhesive nature, with a little deer or sheep dung 

 and some ground bones, answers admirably. I grow them in a sort of peat or bog 

 earth that we get in the park, and they root and thrive amazingly in it without 

 any admixture. If the tan or leaves, or other means of furnishing bottom-heat, 

 require renewing, this is a favourable opportunity for doing so. When potted 

 they should have a bottom-heat of from 85° to 90°, and should be kept close 

 until they root into the fresh soil and begin to grow, when air should be given more 

 freely in fine weather ; they will then need watering more freely. — Vines : Main- 

 tain a nice genial atmosphere in the early house, and keep a steady temperature 

 whilst the fruit is stoning ; a night temperature of about 65° will be sufficient, 

 but the temperature during the day should rise to 75° or 80°, with an increase of 

 a few degrees by sun-heat. Be careful to put a little air on early in the mornings, 

 and increase it gradually as the thermometer rises, but remember to close up 

 early in the afternoons. Cold, wet borders, and want of ventilation are two of the 

 principal causes of the many mishaps we hear of with early Grapes. The 

 succession-houses will now require a good deal of attention ; stop and tie 

 down the shoots as they require it, and thin the berries as soon as they are fit, 

 attend well to the watering of inside borders. — Peaches and Nectarines : Attend 

 to the tying down of the shoots in the early house as they advance in growth, 

 removing all that are superfluous. The fruit should again be gone over and a 

 few more thinned out, leaving leather more than sufficient for a crop until after 

 the stoning. Syringe the trees carefully on fine days after the house is cl osed, 

 and keep up a nice genial atmosphere. Attend carefully to the watering of 

 inside borders, and ventilate freely when the state of the weather permits. Pay 

 timely attention to the thinning of the fruit, and the disbudding of the shoots in 

 the succession-house. Give abundance of air in mild weather to trees in flower. 

 — Figs : Stop the shoots when about six inches long, and remove all superfluous 

 ones ; syringe the trees twice daily, and keep a genial atmosphere ; keep inside 

 borders well watered, and give plants in tubs and pots some liquid manure 

 occasionally to assist the swelling of the fruit. — Cherries: When the fruit is 



