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help to give the house a tropical character. The roots can be stored in a cellar 

 through the winter. Leave them in the pots during that period, and shake out and 

 repot in fresh stuff in the spring. They require no heat to start them. 



"Winter-Flowering Greenhouse Plants.— D. T. — Probably the following 

 selection will answer your purpose : — Acacia armata, A. Drunimondi, A. grandis ; of 

 Camellias, Alba plena, Beali, Countess of Ellesmere, Variegata, Rubens, Lady 

 Hume's Blush are good varieties ; Chorozema cordata splendens, Cinerarias, Coro- 

 nilla glauca, Correa Brilliant, C. Harrisi, Cyclamen persicum, in variety ; Cytisus 

 Atleeana, C. Everestiana, C. racemosus, Daphne indica alba, and rubra ; Epacris 

 autumnalis, E. hyacinthiflora, and its two splendid varieties candidissima and 

 fulgens, E. Exquisite, E. Viscountess Hill. From the heaths select Erica caffra, E. 

 colorans, E. gracilis, E. hyemalis, E. Wilmoreaua, Habrothamnus fasciculatus, Jas- 

 minum grandiflorum, and Tetratheca hirsuta. 



Eighteen Good Stove Climbers. — Amicus. — Adelaster albivensis, Bignonia 

 venusta, Cissus discolor, Clerodendron Balfouri, C. Thompsonite, Dioscorea discolor, 

 Dipladenia amabilis, D. crassinoda, Echites nutans, Hoya carnosa variegata, Ipomasa 

 Learii, Passifiora Decaisneana, P. kermesina, P. priuceps (syn. racemosa), Rhyn- 

 cospermum jasminoides, Stephanotis floribunda, Thunbergia ohrysops, T. Harrisi, 

 The Cissus, Clerodendron, Dipladenia, Rhyncospermum, and Stephanotis, should be 

 grown in well-drained pots, two parts good turfy peat, and one part silky loam, will 

 form a good compost, mixed with about a sixth part of sharp silver-sand. The 

 others should be planted out in a border, or have a large tub or box to grow in. 

 The soil should consist of turfy loam, two parts ; peat, one part ; and leaf-mould, 

 one part. 



Hoya Bella Culture. — W. G., Szlop. — This is by no means an expensive 

 subject. You can get a thrifty little plant anywhere for half-a-crown. If you 

 procure a plant at once, shift it into a pot one size larger, and place in an average 

 temperature of 70°. Previous to potting, give the foliage a thorough sponging with 

 warm water and a little soft soap, if in any way infested with scale or mealy 

 bug, and then syringe with clear water. A thoroughly-drained pot and 

 a light porous soil are indispensable requisites to the successful culture of this 

 beautiful little Hoya. The compost should consist of two parts fibry peat, 

 one part leaf-mould, and a good sprinkling of sand, small crocks, and nodules 

 of charcoal. Stop the leading shoots to promote a bushy growth, and towards the 

 end of August lessen the water supply, and place near the glass to thoroughly ripen 

 the wood. This must be done in a careful and judicious manner, so that no sudden 

 check is experienced. In the winter a temperature of 55° will be sufficiently high, 

 and just enough water must be given to keep the foliage fresh. Shift early in 

 February, and place in a growing temperature, as already advised. After a flowering 

 size is attained, keep the roots rather pot-bound, as the plants then flower with 

 greater freedom. 



Tree Carnations. — A. B. S. — The following eighteen are first-rate. The 

 best six are marked with an asterisk: — Archimede, yellow fringed, tipped red; 

 Ariadne, orange-yellow ground, crimson flake, fine form ; Beauty, pure white, pink 

 stripe ; Charles Baltet, red, striped crimson ; Delicata, pure white, margined pink ; 

 Evening Star, scarlet, and crimson flake, Garibaldi*, purple, very sweet ; Gloire 

 de Permillieux, scarlet, dwarf ; Hope, scarlet, and crimson flake ; Jean Bart*, 

 salmon-red, the best of all ; La Geante, blood-red ; Magna coccmea*, crimson 

 clove ; Oscar, canary-yellow, striped rose ; Perfection*, white, with bizarre flakes 

 of purple and crimson, equal to a show Carnation; Queen of "Whites*, the best 

 white, and a true clove ; Souvenir de la Malmaison*, rosy flesh, very fragrant ; 

 Vandael, yellow self ; Victor Emmanuel, pure yellow, rosy crimson flakes. See 

 our article on their cultivation in the Floral World of April, 186o, and October, 

 1868. 



Beet tor Ornament. — Sybil. — The one called " Barr's Selected" may be ob- 

 tained from Barr and Sugden ; the one called " Dell's" is to be obtained of several 

 seedsmen ; we have just obtained some from Messrs. Veitch and Son. When used 

 as bedding plants these beets should be sown rather thick ; they are highly effective 

 and worthy of attention in both large and small gardens. 



Salvia patens. — Rose. — It is a waste of labour for you to keep a stock of this 

 plant through the winter. In future raise a stock every year by sowing seed in 

 heat in January or February, and when the season is past throw the plants away. 



