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the worst of treatment, and under the most disadvantageous circum- 

 stances. 



A A — diameter 16 inches. 

 B B — places for wire-worker to fix leg D. 

 C C— ditto ditto E. 



F F — distance between the circular wires to be three inches. 

 G — ditto ditto to the centre two inches. 



H — place where the leg will rest on the edge of an 8-inch pot, and to be 

 fastened by tying, either to wire or bast, round and under the rim of the pot. 



Warwick House, Paddington. 



C. P. L. 



A BRACE OF HINTS. 



Permit me to offer one word of advice — in season — to the buyers, and 

 another — somewhat out of season — to the sellers, of Dahlias. 



Gentlemen purchasers, you are now looking forward with no 

 little impatience to the day when you will receive your new varieties. 

 Are you prepared to give them the reception they deserve, and to af- 

 ford them such gentle treatment as their previous delicate nurture 

 renders necessary ? Doubtless you are ; and so far any advice from 

 me would be superfluous — not to say impertinent. Nevertheless I 

 am desirous to warn the uninitiated among you against an error I 

 once committed, and of which I repented, as usual, when too late. 

 Thus it happened : I was over-covetous ; and wanted to obtain two 

 plants at the price of one. No sooner therefore had I obtained my 

 supply from the nursery, than I set to work ; deliberately cut off the 

 head of each individual, and proceeded to strike the severed tops in 



