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Corbeny, Louis VeuiUot, Lucius, Madlle. Nillson, Rose Bendatler, 

 Richard Headly, Thomas Moore, The Bride, White Wonder. Bronze 

 zonals : JE. G. Henderson, Beauty of Biverdale. Gold zonal: Louisa 

 Smith. Silver zonal : Italia Unita. White variegated : Princess 

 Alexandra. Golden-leaved : Crimson Banner. For drooping over 

 the front of the box, variegated and other ivy-leaved Pelargoniums : 

 Maurandya Barclay ana, Lophospermum Hendersoni, and Thunbergia 

 aurantiaca — all of which, excepting the Pelargoniums, can be raised 

 from seed. 



By a judicious selection of hardy evergreens, the boxes may be 

 rendered bright and cheerful throughout the winter. The most 

 suitable for general purposes are green and variegated Aucubas, Box, 

 Buonymus, Golden Arbor-vitce, Laurestinus, Cupressus Lawsoni, with 

 variegated and green-leaved small-growing Ivies for trailing over the 

 sides, and a carpet of the beautiful Golden-tipped Stonecrop. Boxes 

 filled with hardy evergreens, as here advised, need not be disturbed 

 until they are filled with the summer occupants, for, by the intro- 

 duction of a few Crocuses, Snoivdrops, Scillas, Hyacinths, Narcissus, 

 and Tulips there will be no lack of colour throughout the spring. 



It only now remains to be said, that the plants, especially during 

 the summer, must not be allowed to suffer from the want of water, 

 and that the foliage must be kept perfectly free from dust. The 

 evening is the best time for watering and cleansing the foliage. 



THE BEGINNER IN GRAPE- GEO WING.— No. II. 



BY WILLIAM COLE, 



Head Gardener, Ealing Park, Middlesex. 



MANAGEMENT OE YOUNG YINES IN POTS. 



HIS will be a short chapter, because all that we have to 

 do under this heading is to consider the few details con- 

 nected with the management of the young vines during 

 the first season. We concluded last month with a note 

 urging the importance of not allowing them to become 

 pot-bound ; but, on the other hand, a caution against over-potting 

 appears necessary. Of the two evils, shifting them before they are 

 well rooted is certainly the worst. Whether the stock requires shift- 

 ing can soon be determined by turning one of the vines out of the 

 pot. If the roots exist in sufficient numbers round the outside of 

 the ball of soil to hold it together, shift without delay ; otherwise 

 allow them to remain in the pots until they are sufficiently rooted. 

 Erequent repottings are undesirable, and as a rule those intended for 

 fruiting in pots the following season will require three shifts, but for 

 those required for planting out in the vinery border, either in the 

 autumn or following spring, or for cutting down with the intention 

 of their being fruited in pots the second year after the eyes are 

 struck, two shifts will be ample. In any case put them first into 



