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and cause tliem to continue longer in bloom than if shading was 

 omitted. As soon as the blooming season is over, the plants must be 

 set out of doors in the full sunshine. Remove some of the largest 

 leaves, and gradually reduce the moisture at their roots. This will 

 cause the wood to ripen previous to their being cut down, which should 

 be done not later than the second week of August. After being cut 

 back the plants should be set in a cold frame, where they can be 

 protected from rain, as they must have no water until the eyes have 

 started afresh. As soon as it is seen that they have done so, the plants 

 must be turned out of the pots and the balls reduced to about one-half 

 their present size, so that they may be got into as small pots as possible, 

 using the same kind of compost as before. Their future treatment 

 must be the same as described for young plants. 



In conclusion, I recommend the grower of Pelargoniums to observe 

 the following hints. I^ever water them until they really require it, 

 and then give sufficient to thoroughly moisten the mass of soil in the 

 balls. Keep them at all times free from green-fly. Fumigate them 

 just before the first flowers open, whether you can see any appearance 

 of green-fly or not. Keep them as near the glass at all times as you 

 possibly can. Wet their foliage as seldom as possible. When the 

 blooming pots become filled with roots, set them inside of others a 

 size larger : this will prevent the roots from getting injured through 

 the sun or dry air acting on the outsides of the pots in which the 

 plants are growing. As soon as the flower-buds appear, assist the 

 plants with manure-water at every second watering. Let the water 

 be of the same temperature as the house in which the plants are 

 growing. J. H. 



Braytgn. 



FLOmST FLOWERS. 



THE PHLOX. 



There are severardistinguishing features presented in the various types of the 

 genus Lychnidea (Phlox), which has determined them as species : for example, 

 Paniculata, from its panicled inflorescence, introduced to this country in 1732 ; 

 Suaveolens (sweet-scented), has white flowers, introduced in 1766; Pyramidalis 

 (pyramidal-formed trees), introduced in 1799. Then there is Ovata (oval- 

 leaved), introduced in 1790, and other forms. They are all natives of North 

 America. 



The Phlox is doubly valuable, first when considered as a border-plant, and 

 next its adaptability for conservatory embellishment. By either mode of 

 culture a continuous succession of bloom may be sustained for months with 

 Uttle trouble. 



Like most plants that have been taken into the fostering care of the florist, 

 no efi"orts have been withheld to develop its best attractions year by year; each 



