35G THE GARDENER. [Aug. 



liberal shift may be given. Those for general supply must have 

 plenty of root-room and free drainage. Water-logged roots, or if they 

 are allowed to starve for want of moisture, will give much disappoint- 

 ment. It should, however, be kept in mind that potting should be 

 done so that the roots will fill the pots before winter, as, when they 

 are buried in large quantities of soil at that season, they are in a dan- 

 gerous condition. Let Azaleas, Camellias, Cytisus, Coronillas, and 

 similar plants, be well ripened by sun, and water moderately. Keep 

 Calceolarias growing in rather a cool and shady position ; they must 

 have abundance of air. Achimenes will bloom late, if they have plenty 

 of water and are not subjected to cold draughts. Heaths, and any of 

 the more delicate greenhouse plants, should be taken under glass if 

 they are now out. All hardy plants for early-forcing purposes should 

 be kept well in the sun to ripen them early. Roses in pots should have 

 their blooms well kept off, and root- action encouraged. Stage Pelar- 

 goniums should now be cut down, after being well ripened in the sun. 

 Shake out those which have broke an inch or so, and pot them in 

 smaller pots. W. T. 



FLORIST FLOWERS. 



THE AURICULA. — Continued. 



We shall suppose it is now November and the offsets look well, while they are 

 comfortably staged in the winter quarters, everything having been done pro- 

 motive of their general welfare as regards cleanliness, in washing both wood 

 and glass. The condition of the soil in their pots may indicate a want of 

 water (were it summer instead of November), but do not give them any. So 

 long as the foliage shows no signs of flimsiness or languor for the want of 

 moisture at the root, little should be given throughout the succeeding winter 

 months. Still, when necessity demands that some of the plants be watered, 

 choose a breezy fresh morning, and give enough to moisten the entire ball by 

 one or more applications. 



The subsequent wants of these young plants are indeed few: while at com- 

 parative rest a daily inspection to detect and remove withered leaves, a sharp 

 look-out for the appearance of gangrene in a course of dull damp weather, and, 

 as has already been said, a continuous admission of fresh air by keeping the 

 side ventilators down until fresh signs of growth appear in March; then water 

 must be supplied more copiously and uoiformly, seeing, after the first good 

 watering, that no defect exists in the drainage. And should any of the plants 

 throw up flower-stems, let them be removed at once, as their j)roduction is cal- 

 culated to retard the growth of the plants. At this period the plants will be 

 wonderfully benefited by occasional gentle showers of rain on mild days. 



Thus managed until the general flowering season arrives, we shall now leave 

 the offsets and bestow our attention on the old "stools," retracing our steps 

 back to the month of August, and resuming our directions where we left off. 

 We had so far advanced in our procedure as to have the old stools dressed 

 and in readiness for potting. The next thing to be considered is the soil 



