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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



striking objects in gardens of good 

 size, though, out of doors the stem 

 rises little more than half the height 

 of indoor plants. If put out in May, 

 before the flower-stems rise, they 

 carry up strength and toughness, for 

 though mine is as exposed a situa- 

 tion as can be found in England, I 

 have now four campanulas out which 

 have had no supports, their lithe 

 stems bending before the blasts that 

 have so sadly disfigured tall fuchsias, 

 dahlias, etc. 



Campanulas may be potted for the 

 last time in twelve-inch pots, just 

 before the flowers open ; this should 

 be a liberal shift in every sense of 



the term, as a three or four months' 

 abundant flowering requires much 

 support from nutrition. Liquid ma- 

 nure may be give twice a week from 

 tlie first rising of the flower-stems. 

 Care should be taken in potting or 

 handling the plants in all stages of 

 growth not to break off" the leaves, as 

 these are very brittle, and any muti- 

 lation seems to aff'ect the symmetry 

 of the plant in its last stage of 

 growth ; the more the foliage is pre- 

 served, the more truly comes out 

 their peculiarly graceful pyramidal 

 shape. A. A. 



Penrith, Cmnherlaiid. 



THE PEESEEVATION OE BEDDING PLAINTS. 



Theee is a method of preserving 

 tender bedding plants, such as ver- 

 benas, scarlet geraniums, etc., through 

 the winter, which, though not new, 

 deserves mention, and much more 

 general adoption than it receives at 

 present. From its universal appli- 

 cability, and the great success at- 

 tending its employment, I think this 

 neglect can only arise from the method 

 not being sufficiently known. 



It is simply to build up a bed of 

 peat about eighteen inches or two 

 feet in height, in the manner of a 

 common hot-bed, only continuing the 

 outer sods a foot higher than the 

 interior, to form a wall on which the 

 lights are to rest. These walls must 

 be made secure with stakes driven 

 through them, and a slight curb 

 placed on the top, and the job is 

 complete. The plants are then planted 

 at regular intervals over the bed, and 

 with the lights on and the attention 

 to covering, etc., usually given to pits. 



will bid defiance to the severest 

 weather of our winters. It will be 

 seen the method is inexpensive, as 

 the peat will be in an excellent state 

 for using in the following summer ; 

 and the plants themselves occasion 

 far less trouble, as they require no 

 water after the first application at 

 planting ; and from being well esta- 

 blished in the soil are enabled to 

 withstand uninjured a degree or' cold 

 that would be fatal to them in pots. 

 In fact, tliough it should happen that 

 some of the branches catch a little 

 frost, it is next to impossible that tlie 

 roots or lower parts of the stem can, 

 from the amount of radiated heat 

 that will be given off" from the body 

 of the bed whenever the external tem- 

 perature is below that of the bed. 



The plan is one which seems u^icu- 

 liarly suited to the amateur culti- 

 vator, as it simplifies and renders easy 

 one of the most troublesome points ia 

 his practice. Hortulanus. 



SEDTJM EABAEIUM. 



This nearly hardy sedum, raised by 

 Captain Trevor Clarke, and sent out 

 by Messrs. Carter and Co., of High 

 Holborn, in 1860, proves to be one of 



the most useful and easih^-managed 

 subjects, for autumn display, and ad- 

 mirably adapted for clumps, jardiuets, 

 and to succeed geraniums and other 



