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they please for a couple of years, and tliea begin to form them into com- 

 pact bushes, with a short length of clear stem ; or, if intended for standards, 

 nip in the side growth, and by degrees remove it, beginning at the bottom, 

 and so cutting it away iipwards, always reserving enough to keep the plant 

 in vigorous health. Yfhen 

 the plants have attained to 

 a fair size, they may bo 

 kept in the same pots for 

 several years in succession, 

 by turning them out in 

 March, removing some of 

 the old soil, and then re- 

 potting in the same pots 

 •with rich, turfy compost. 

 While in full growth, they 

 can scarcely have too much 

 water, both overhead and 

 at the roots ; if the pots are 

 well drained, and to insure 

 a good colour to the fruits, 

 keep the roots rather dry 

 as soon as it begins to 

 change colour, and place the 

 plants in the full sun in an 

 airy greenhouse. 



The following are desira- 

 ble species and varieties: — 

 Eugenia apiculata, five feet, 

 greenhouse ; E.buxifolia, five 

 feet, greenhouse ; E. balsam- 

 ica, fifteen feet, stove; E. fra- 

 grans, ten feet, stove ; E. flo- 

 ribunda, five feet, stove ; E. 

 hybrida,five feet,greenhouse; 

 E. ugui, three feet, green- 

 house. Myrtus buxifolia, seven feet, stove ; M. mespiloides, fifty feet, stove ; 

 M. communis, nine feet, nearly hardy ; M. communis fiore-pleno, double- 

 flowered, greenhouse ; Communis variegata, variegated leaves, greenhouse ; 

 M. teuuifolia, five feet, greenhouse. 



KTJ&EHIA. ITGIII. 



EOSE GOSSIP.— No. I. 



Almost every individual has some 

 hobby which may be looked upon as a 

 beneficent dispensation of Providence 

 to provide a relief for the overwrought 

 brain or jaded spirits, and to restore 

 their elasticity for encountering the 

 responsibdities of everyday life. A 

 hobby is, in fact, a sort of mental 

 tonic, which, indulged in moderation, 



braces up the mind to sustain the 

 vicissitudes of fortune, and to pursue 

 serious duties with cheerfulness and 

 earnestness of purpose. Among the 

 most wholesome and unselfish of these 

 relaxations, a passion for flowers is 

 certainly not the least. Unlike the 

 virtuoso, who prizes his " large brass 

 Otho," his '■ Teniers," or " editio 



