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awhile. They take about three months to jet 

 rooted, and are then to be potted off. Ripe 

 shoots may also be used, and every joint will 

 make a plant. The double varieties are usually 

 grafted on single stocks, and those who have 

 stocks should begin at once on the strongest, and 

 continue grafting during the winter. When 

 grafted, they are kept under hand-glasses in a 

 shady part of the greenhouse, till the grafts have 

 taken. Camellias require abundance of air all the 

 winter; never to be coddled, and never chilled. 

 Damp is a great enemy to them. When dono 

 flowering, they require extra warmth and mois- 

 ture, to induce a vigorous growth of new wood, 

 and then to go in the open air all the summer, 

 under a north wall, on a bed of coal-ashes, the 

 foliage to be kept clean and bright, and mode- 

 rate watering at the root, and towards the end 

 of the summer to be almost dry. Camellia?, 

 properly potted in the first instance, will flourish 

 for three successive seasons without further 

 shifting ; heiicc, in the first potting, particular 

 attention should be paid to the drainage. 



Gas Stoves. — Mr. William Worth reiterates 

 his complaint of the manner in which he has 

 been treated in regard to a heating invention, 

 as a warning to others. It cost him .£20 for 

 apparatus and fittings ; the affair proved a com- 

 plete failure, and the apparatus is now lying at 

 the bottom of the garden, and no one will take it 

 off 1 his hands. A gentleman at Ealing has 

 suffered in a similar way, and to a greater ex- 

 tent, as to expense and annoyance. Mr. Worth 

 got redress from the patentees, in the shape of a 

 present of a second apparatus, of the value, or 

 rather price, of £4 4s., which, by the tone of Mr. 

 Worth's letter, we imagine to be also 'useless. 

 Heing fond of flowers, and having " begun the 

 ship," our correspondent does not like to leave 

 off " for a little tar," and he asks us to recom- 

 mend some one to visit his place, and undertake 

 to set all right. Of course, we know of many 

 who would gladly undertake to heat any struc- 

 ture with gas, where gas is attainable, but as we 

 have repeatedly declined to recommend traders ; 

 we must adhere to our rule in this instance, 

 If it can be clearlj' proved that the failure of any 

 apparatus has not been caused by mismanage- 

 ment, it appears to us that the law will give 

 redress. We never had faith in this particular 

 invention, have heard much again3t it, and but 

 little in its favour. 



Hodse fob Koses. — Rose.— If Rose gets an iron 

 portable house, the permanent fixing and inter- 

 nal arrangements will have to be determined by 

 the shape and proportions ot the structure. We 

 do not, however, recornmeiiddron. For a small 

 span-roofed house, 10 feet by 1?. nothing like 

 machinery-cut wooden sash-bars, and large 

 panes, say not less than 18 inches iu length. 

 The walls might be two feet high, with lights 

 two feet six upon them, and made to hang, to 

 admit of being thrust out for ventilation. An 

 angle of 45 degs. is the best for the roof, as this 

 suits all seasons, and thus gives a height of seven 

 feet six inches, a stage eighteen inches wide all 

 round, a path two feet wide, and a trellis table, in 

 the centre, of three feet, the middle row of plants 

 to be stood on empty pots. A set of four narrow 

 shelves might be hung on iron rods above the 

 path all round. We cannot recommend a manu- 

 facturer. If the Felicite perpetuelle does not 

 make some good wood during the autumn, we 

 should advise you to take it up, and plant 

 another in October — there must be something 

 wrong at the root. Was it overdosed with liquid 

 manure ? 



Kitchen Crops Destroyed. — A Green Hand 

 complains of the destruction of his cauliflowers, 



peas, ouion3, &c, " by grubs, or something of 

 that kind," and asks if lime from the gas works 

 would prove a cure. The lime will certainly do 

 good, aud if carefully used, cannot do harm, but 

 how is a poor Editor to solve the riddle of 

 " grubs, or something of that kind 1 " Suppose 

 it to be earwigs, you may use gas lime till you 

 kill your plants, and yet the pests will remain , 

 supple it to be the grub of the crane-fly, there 

 is hardly any dressing that will kill it. How- 

 ever, use the gas lime between the rows of 

 cauliflower;, aud dress the onions with a mixture 

 of soot and lime, if the tops are still green ; if 

 they are near ripening, they should have no 

 preparation laid on them at all. " Glenny's 

 Properties of Flowers and Fruits," will enable 

 you to "judge for yourself," as to the properties 

 of your flowers. Any bookseller will get it for 

 you to order. You must not be too sensitive 

 about the remarks of "old hands;" you may 

 learn a good deal from them, perhaps. 



Nesbris Japonica.— Ignoramus. — We have no 

 knowledge of this plant, and submit the following 

 to our readers, in the hope that some one will 

 kindly furnish the information:— " Can you give 

 any hints how best to treat a promising young 

 plant, the Nesbris Japonica ? It was sown in June, 

 1855. The fruit was' bought of a fruiterer in 

 Jermyn-street, opposite the British Hotel. On 

 the 7th of June last, the stem measured ten 

 inches long, and one of its leaves then measured 

 14 inches in length, and 54 inches in width. The 

 stem is now (Sth July) nearly 12 inches long; 

 two of its leaves measure full 14 inches each in 

 length, and 6 inches in width. It has 15 full- 

 grown leaves, serrated, of a glossy green, and 

 downy on both sides. It stood, at one time, in a 

 small conservatory, but has now been for some 

 time in the sitting room, as it did not thrive in 

 the greenhouse. Is it hardy enough for the open 

 air ? Has it been reared in England to produce 

 fruit? " 



Sigma's Aphis Powder.— Since we referred to this 

 preparation, we have received numerous letters 

 from correspondents, testifying to its efficacy, 

 and as soon as we are unfortunate enough to 

 need a prompt agent of destruction for aphides, 

 wc shall try it ourselves ; hitherto, this season, 

 we have been very free of such pests, except 

 during the last fortnight of June, when the 

 drought compelled us to resort to the use of 

 tobacco. We hope our readers have enjoyed a 

 similar immunity, and as many may now be 

 led to use Sigma's Aphis Powder, we take this 

 opportunity of impressing upon them the neces- 

 sity of using it fresh and dry, and with such 

 care, that it is not thrown on the foliage in ex- 

 cessive quantities. The Boite 'a houppe, 'descri- 

 bed in the first number of the " Floral World," 

 will probably prove the best implement with 

 which to distribute it. 



Culture of Veronicas. — C. Johnston. — Hardy 

 Veronicas thrive in any good garden soil ; choice 

 expensive kinds should have a mixture of peat 

 and loam, and a thin mulching of very rotten 

 dung at the beginning of March. They are pro- 

 pagated by division of the crown iu spring, in 

 the same way as a sweet William ; they are also 

 easily increased by tuking cuttings of young 

 shoots in the summer, and dibbling them into a 

 sandy border, under bell-glasses ; and lastly, by 

 seed, which may be sown from May to Septem- 

 ber. Greenhouse kinds do be3t in a cool house, 

 but they bear heat very well, and may be got 

 into bloom early, along with pelargoniums, &c. 

 A temperature of 36 to 46 degs. suits them all 

 the winter, and the soil to be peat, loam, and 

 chopped turf, in equal quantities, with a htfJa 

 sand, and not to be often shifted. 



