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of like habit, will require rather more. Encourage winter-flowering 

 plants by placing them in the warmest corner of the house. 



Forcing. — House strawberrv-plants, or if the room cannot be 

 spared indoors, form a stack out of doors, which can be easily accom- 

 plished by laying the pots on their sides in layers one above the 

 other. Prune Vines, Peaches, and Nectarines at once, thoroughly 

 wash every particle of wood with warm water and soft soap, and 

 then dress with Fowler's Insecticide or Gishurst's Compound. Pines 

 must be kept quiet, and the atmosphere of all departments rather 

 dry. The most suitable temperature for this and the next month is 

 60' for suckers and succession plants, and 70° for fruiting plants. 

 Winter Cucumbers must have a genial growing temperature, and 

 means should be adopted for covering the lights in very sharp 

 weather, to render less fire-heat necessary for maintaining the proper 

 temperature ; both as a matter of economy, and for the sake of the 

 health of the plants, maintain a steady temperature of about 50°, and 

 keep the beds in a moderately moist condition. 



Pits and Frames. — Auriculas must have air night and day in 

 fine mild weather, and only have sufficient water to prevent the 

 foliage becoming flaccid. The foliage must not be wetted on any 

 consideration. Carnations, Pansies, and Picotees only require pro- 

 tecting from wet and frost, therefore the lights can be drawn off 

 entirely in fine weather, and tilted at the back in mild wet weather. 

 The stock of bedding plants must be frequently examined, and every 

 attention paid to keep them clean and healthy. Mildew commits 

 terrible havoc among the Verbenas at this season of the year, if 

 allowed to get ahead ; but if taken in time, and the foliage dusted 

 with sulphur, it is comparatively harmless. Bedding Geraniums of 

 all kinds need very little water just now, and if the leaves do flag a 

 little now and then, it is of no consequence. It is far better to let 

 them flag than to keep the soil too moist, or to give water in damp 

 or dull weather. 



HORTICULTURAL NOTES. 



[HE only horticultural exhibition of note held during the 

 month of October was the International Fruit Show 

 held at South Kensington on the 4th, which was one of 

 the largest exhibitions of fruit ever held in this country, 

 and the largest which has occurred since 1862. In a 

 few particulars it was not so satisfactory as it might have been, for, 

 with but few exceptions, unlimited collections alone were invited by 

 the schedule, and the residt w*as the exhibition of a considerable 

 bulk of fruit of second and third-rate quality. Some of the collec- 

 tions of apples and pears were exceedingly large, and consisted of 

 between two and three hundred dishes of reputed varieties. Some 

 of the collections of grapes were also very fine, and comprised 

 examples of all the best varieties in cultivation. Pines, peaches, and 

 miscellaneous fruits were not invited by the schedule, but several 



