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boxing of bedding-plants be carried forward without delay. Keep 

 close at first ; then give fresh air when they are growing freely. 

 Place Calceolarias into turf pits, or similar structures, to remain till 

 lifted to the flower-garden. Cuttings of every useful plant may now 

 be taken off and placed in heat to propagate. Very sandy soil is ne- 

 cessary to get them rooted quickly. Prick off seedlings before they 

 become matted. Avoid sowing too thickly. Get up good quantities 

 of hardy bedding-plants where glass is scarce. Dactylis, Arabis, Cer- 

 asteum, Violas, Pansies, Stachys, Osborn's Dark Beet, Variegated 

 Periwinkles, Aucubas, Lemon Thyme, Variegated Trees, Succulents of 

 hardy kinds in great variety. Golden Stone-crop, Lonicera variegata, 

 Ajuga reptans, Polemoniums, &c., are all useful plants, and excellent 

 for edgings or rows in ribbon-work. In greenhouses and plant-pits, 

 young stock will soon be showing active growth ; let all have a 

 shift that require it, and j)revent any plants from becoming pot-bound. 

 Large specimens, such as Camellias, Epacris, Cytisus, Coronillas, and 

 all the Heaths which flower at this season, should have clean, healthy 

 surfaces, and plenty of water and air. Shift on Cinerarias for late 

 flowering. Stake out Pelargoniums ; put in heat Achimenes, Glox- 

 inias, and Euchsias, for summer flowering. M. T. 



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Those cultivators who have to grow large quantities of choice flowers 

 either for the market or home decoration, should at once see about 

 getting up a good stock of these valuable plants. They may be had 

 in flower all the year round, and their delicately-perfumed blooms are 

 much sought after, especially about this time of the year, for both 

 " button-holes" and bouquets. They are admirable for mixing along 

 with Orchids, Bouvardias, forced Rose-buds, and Lilacs, for all kinds 

 of decorative purposes, and their successful culture is exceedingly 

 simple. Some cultivators take cuttings and strike them in bottom- 

 heat, say about 65°, about the latter end of February or March. An 

 abundant supply of cuttings may readily be obtained by placing some 

 of the old leggy plants in heat during the spring. The cuttings may be 

 taken off and rooted in a close frame, care being taken to give a little 

 air occasionally, to dry up superfluous moisture. Later in the season the 

 plants may be set out of doors in a sunny sheltered position ; and they 

 should not be allowed to suffer for want of water. During the summer 

 months, cuttings will root freely round the sides of the pots without 

 any protection, but they must not be allowed to flag from lack of 

 moisture. After the cuttings are well rooted, they should be potted 



