THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 101 



After the end of May a cold frame will be found the most suitable 

 quarters for the stock, and during this month they will not require 

 the aid of artificial heat beyond that which is necessary to keep them 

 safe from frost. The frames must be ventilated freely at every 

 favourable opportunity, and in dull, showery weather draw the lights 

 off altogether. When the air is still it is also beneficial to tilt the 

 lights both at the back and the front. Liberal supplies of water will 

 be essential, especially when the pots are well filled with roots ; and 

 when they are nicely established in the pots in which they are to 

 bloom, liquid manure of a moderate degree of strength may be sub- 

 stituted with advantage for the clear water. This may be made in 

 various ways, but possibly the most simple is to mix one ounce of 

 guar.o and a large handful of soot with every three gallons of water. 

 This should be prepared some time before required for use, and, if 

 practicable, a quantity sufficient for several days' use should be pre- 

 pared. They will require no stopping nor training, for there will be 

 no difiiculty in obtaining large bushes, provided the foregoing direc- 

 tions are attended to, and the plants placed far enough apart at each 

 shift to prevent them touching each other before they are shifted 

 again. After the last shift it will be necessary to examine them once 

 or twice, and put them farther apart, if too close together. The 

 finest flowers are produced on the main stem; but when large, bushy 

 specimens are required, the buds must be removed from that portion 

 of the plant as soon as they can be seen. 



NEW FUCHSIAS GEOWN AT CHISWICK, 1873. 



BT THOMAS MOORE, F.L.S., FLOEAL DIEECTOE, E.H.S. 

 {From the Journal of the Uoyal Horticultural Society.) ; 



[ANT of the varieties forming the trial collection were 

 received last year, but so late or in so weak a condition 

 that they were not fairly represented at the time the 

 Committee made its examination. They were accord- 

 ingly grown again this year from young plants. As in 

 former reports, the mark *** indicates the highest quality, and the 

 award of these marks is thus regarded as equivalent to that of a 

 First-class Certificate. 



Alpha (Gr. Smith) ***. — Habit free and good, very free-flower- 

 ing ; bright carmine tube and sepals ; the tubes short and slender, 

 the sepals very broad and short ; corolla of immense size, very 

 double, clear violet ; one of the very best. 



Atalanche (G. Smith) ***. — Habit rather sparse and not very 

 free ; tubes small, sepals very short and broad for the size of the 

 flower, light rosy red; corolla white, exceedingly double and large, 

 and of fine form . 



AvALAKCHE (E. G. Henderson) ***. — Habit good and free ; tube 

 slender, sepals broad, deflexed, scarlet ; corolla deep, full, and even, 

 dark violet-purple ; a fine bold variety. 



April. 



