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a cold frame or greenhouse, and kept as near the glass as convenient — 

 the dwarfer they can be grown the better. Give air on all possible 

 opportunities ; a little weak liquid manure may be given with advantage 

 occasionally. The tall growing varieties may be plunged out of doors 

 in any sheltered situation, and brought into the conservatory or green- 

 house ; by their having long naked stems the pots can be introduced out 

 of sight, and the fine head of bloom shown above the other plants. By 

 a careful selection of the kinds, and only bringing them in as they show 

 flower, a succession of bloom may be kept up from June till September. 

 When grown to any extent in the above manner they make a beautiful 

 display, and in addition to their pleasant colours, many of the sorts are 

 highly perfumed. In repotting the Phlox care must be taken not to 

 break or reduce the ball, although shifting from a twelve to an eighteen- 

 inch pot, as on this particular much of the future success of the plant 

 depends. Should large specimens be wanted, those that have flowered 

 once may be kept over winter in a cold frame, or if this is not con- 

 venient they may be plunged out of doors, and covered over with three 

 inches of coal ashes or tanner's bark, taken up early in spring, and 

 repotted and thinned to three or four stems, and treated as formerly 

 mentioned ; they will then amply repay any little care and attention 

 that may have been bestowed on them. 



The following are well adapted for pot culture, being of a dwarf, 

 bushy habit : — 



Abdul Medschid Khan 

 Admiral Linois 

 Alice Allain 

 Amabilis 

 Antagonist 

 Colonel Dundas 

 Countess of Home 

 Criterion 

 Dr. Leroy 

 General Brea 



Westcoates Nursery, Edinburgh. 



Harold 

 Lychniflora 

 Leonida 



Madame Couslin 

 Masterpiece 

 Monsieur Fontaine 

 President M'Carel 

 Princess Mathilda 

 Queen Victoria 

 Rubra 



John Downie. 



GOSSIP. 



We understand that the directors of the Crystal Palace Company intend 

 giving a grand horticultural fete towards the end of May, in which 

 prizes on a most liberal scale will be awarded for flowers and fruits. 

 This augurs well for exhibiting gardeners, and if continued will bring 

 many new aspirants for horticultural honours into the field, and will be 

 popular with the public, considering the great attractions of the Palace 

 and grounds, and the ease with which they can be reached. Besides, 

 there will be some chance of a little enjoyment on a wet day at 

 Sydenham, a calamity which deters many from venturing to Chiswick, 

 or Regent's Park ; what effect this fete will have on Chiswick and the 

 Regent's Park remains to be seen. 



