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and after they have been in their blooming pots about a fortnight, 

 water alternately with weak liquid manure, and continue its use until 

 they are taken' indoors. The growth must not be stopped more 

 than twice, if stopped at all, but, generally speaking, once will be 

 quite sufficient, and the last stopping should be performed a few days 

 after the plants are repotted for the last time. When stopped once, 

 only pinch the growing point out about a fortnight after the plants 

 are shifted into six-inch pots. Except for those which are stopped more 

 than once, a single stake to each is all that is necessary ; but a 

 stout stake fixed in the ground at the end of each row, and joined 

 together by means of a stout piece of wire, to which each plant can 

 be fastened, will be of great service in preventing them being 

 blown about and injured by the wind. All but the end or terminal 

 bud to each shoot must be removed as soon as they are large 

 enough, or the flowers will be small in size and poor in quality. The 

 plants should be taken indoors soon after the middle of October, 

 and the conservatory must be well ventilated and the atmosphere 

 dry to preserve the freshness and beauty of the flowers as long as 

 possible. As they go out of flower, cut them down and place in a 

 cold frame, to protect the young growth from frost, or there will be 

 a difficulty in securing a supply of cuttings for the following season. 

 The names and colours of twenty-six of the best of the 

 old varieties are as follows : — Aurantium, clear golden yellow ; 

 Aurora, bright orange yellow ; Bonle de Neigc, white ; Chang, red 

 and orange ; Clorinde, crimson, yellow centre ; Comet, bright orange 

 yellow ; Cromatella, bright chrome or orange yellow ; Br. Masters, 

 bright yellow ; Emperor of China, blush-white ; Giant, pale lilac ; 

 Grandiflora, golden yellow ; James Salter, clear lilac mauve ; Jupiter, 

 amber, changing to buff; Madame Godillot, reddish brown; Manda- 

 rin, bright canary yellow ; Nagasaki Violet, rosy violet with golden 

 disc ; Negro, deep maroon ; Prince Satsurna, bright yellow ; Red 

 Dragon, red chesnut, tipped with yellow ; Red Indian, Indian red ; 

 Simon Delaux, reddish bronze ; The Daimio, pale pink, changing to 

 rose ; The Mikado, golden yellow ; The Sultan, rosy lilac ; Wizard, 

 bright red rich maroon ; Yellow Lilac, rose lilac and lighter centre, 

 curiously incurved. 



]S T OTES OjN" PALMS. 



BY F. W. BUBBIDGE, 



Baiklon, near Leeds. 



ALMS are so graceful in character and elegant in outline 

 that it is impossible to speak too highly of them. The 

 strong-growing kinds are the most useful for deco- 

 ration of the stove and conservatory, whilst for table 

 decoration small-growing plumose species are unsurpass- 

 able. "When we take into consideration the ease with which they are 

 grown, it seems somewhat singular that they have not hitherto been 



