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quent attention now. Get seedlings pricked 

 out into pans, or singly in thumb pots ; 

 shift cuttings and rooted suckers ; sow 

 calceolaria and cineraria to succeed the 

 first lot ; a moist, cool, shady place will 

 brin"' them on, and as they gain substance 

 they must have more light and air. Use 

 for all these plants a light rich compost, in 

 a sweet and friable condition. 



JIard-wooded Plants mostly require 

 shifting, if only to remove a little of the 

 worn-out stuff on the outsides of the balls, 

 and repot them in the same pots. The 

 soil should he lumpy, and with plenty of 

 fibre in it. Take care the drainage is safe; 

 a strong oyster-shell over the hole is a 

 safe way to ensure an outlet for water. 

 After shifting, sprinkle frequently, and 

 give only a little water to the roots. 



Vinery. — Vines in early houses to be 

 kept rather dry to promote the ripening of 

 the wood, and to have plenty of air. In 

 late houses encourage quick ripening, 

 keeping up the heat, and ventilate well to 

 prevent damp and mildew. Water and 

 mulch the borders of late houses, and by 

 all means abstain from cropping the bor- 

 ders, as the practice is most injurious to 

 the roots of the vines, the best of which are 

 near the surface. Late grapes require 

 artificial heat to ripen them properly. If 

 the ripening is long about the berries will 

 have thick, tough, skins, and will not 



keep well Keep the houses dry where 

 grapes are hanging, and those from which 

 the crop has been gathered take off the 

 lights. 



Orchid House.— Orcliids require nov/ 

 a free circulation of air to ripen the spring 

 growth. Use as little shading as possible, 

 and keep the air moist by watering the 

 paths and borders in the afternoon, after 

 which shut up. 



Conservatory. — Conservatory will re- 

 quire air night and day, unless there are 

 many stove plants, in which case, shut 

 up while the sun is on the house. Use 

 water in plenty, and liquid manure where- 

 ever it seems to be required. Free-growiDg, 

 soft-wooded plants may be assisted now by 

 plaaing the pots in pans of water, and 

 sprinkling the leaves morning and evening. 

 Liliums and gladioli will now come in, and 

 make a fine show with first-class annual* 

 and fuchsias. Specimen trees and climbers 

 to be stopped and trained in, to assist 

 ripening of the wood. 



Pits and Frames. — Cucumbers must 

 have steady bottom-heat to produce fine 

 fruit. It is a common fallacy, that when 

 the weather becomes warm the beds may 

 be left to cool down ; hut it is rarely fine 

 fruit are cut from frames that are never 

 lined after the first heat is out. Keep a 

 moist atmosphere, for cucumbers absorb 

 immensely by their leaves. 



TO COBBESPONDENTS. 



Various. — Polly. — Your plant is Amaran- 

 thus tricolor ; requires the same culture 

 as a balsam or aster. Hurdles of two 

 or three inch mesh will do for peas, but 

 they must be stout. It would be prefer- 

 able to use them both sides of the row 

 and brace together at top, but one side 

 will do if well stayed with stakes. — 

 P. T. F. — The place was intended for a 

 small saddle boiler, with 4-inch iron 

 pipes. — G. C. 31. — The crushed rose 

 shoot sent appears to be Manetti. Roses 

 of all the kinds used for stocks may be 

 increased by layers now or by cuttings 

 in October. To your question, " How 

 are roses on their own roots or on Ma- 

 nettis to be trained ?" we can only 

 answer, " As you please." It is as diffi- 

 cult a question to answer as if you were 

 to say " What shall I have for dinner ?" 

 You had better consult the " Rose Book'* 

 as to the various forms of roses, and the 

 way to produce them. The roses rooted 

 from cuttings put out list August may 

 te transplanted in November next.— 



A. 11. — Roses travel badly by post this 

 time of year. Yours had fallen all to 

 pieces, but appeared to be the old 

 Maiden's Blush, which has a slight 

 pinky tinge in the centre, and a some- 

 what bluish-green foliage. — 31. 31. S. — 

 Put the Deutzias out of doors till the 

 middle of October, this will cause them 

 to ripen their wood well, and they are 

 then sure to flower freely. You ought 

 not to take them out of their pots. D. 

 gracilis is one of the easiest plants to 

 grow. There are patented processes of 

 hardening stone, but none suitable for 

 use on a small scale. — J. B. Slogarie. — 

 Your fern appears to be Asplenium Bra- 

 ziliense, but we ought to see a fertile frond 

 to determine any fern with certainty. 

 We have always described Sednm Sie- 

 boldi as hardy, as you will fiud on 

 referring back, but always advise that it 

 be grown under glass, only because out 

 of doors it has no beauty, and the snails 

 are intensely fond of it. The other sub- 

 ject some day (!) 



