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locality before a purchase is made. Apples, Pears, and Plums may- 

 be had as "maidens," or with first season's growth, and planted as 

 cordons on vacant spaces on walls. No portion of wall or fence should 

 remain uncovered ; plant against it either fruit-trees or Roses, &c. 

 Some Apples we have used for this purpose, below larger fruit-trees, 

 produced fine high-coloured fruit, especially Bibston Pippin, and 

 Margil, which do little good here as ordinary standards. It is soon 

 enough to begin pruning; but if any cuttings of Currants or 

 Gooseberries are to be saved, it would be well to select them in 

 time, as, when left to be picked up after the general pruning, the 

 different kinds are liable to become mixed. Tie them in bundles 

 and stick them in the ground till wanted, and the making of them 

 may have attention on a wet day. 



Plants to be kept under glass during the winter should now be 

 examined, putting the drainage to rights, surfacing with fresh soil, 

 washing the pots, or anything that is necessary, before arranging 

 them in their winter-quarters. Cinerarias, Primulas, and similar plants, 

 should be placed near the glass, where no drip can reach them, and 

 where plenty of fresh air can be admitted. Frost may now be ex- 

 pected, and all bedding-plants of value should be lifted and placed 

 under, protection. Chrysanthemums coming into flower may be liber- 

 ally supplied with manure-water, turning them round to the light. 

 Get all bulbs potted or planted as formerly advised : those under cover 

 should have timely attention before they grow under the covering. 

 Plants for forcing, such as Skimmias, Lilacs, Roses, Deutzias, <kc, should 

 be under cover soon, and not exposed to much frost. Cleanliness, fresh 

 air, and careful watering, should now be the order of the day for plants 

 under glass. M. T. 



LAPAGERIA ROSEA. 



I have now under my care, growing in a cool conservatory, and gradually covering 

 a good portion of the roof, a plant of this fine greenhouse twiner. It came into 

 my hands in 1865, and was then a plant about 18 inches in height, growing in a 

 48-pot. I planted it at the south-west corner of the conservatory, in a spot which 

 gets some shade at the latter part of the day; and to receive the roots, I made a 

 small pit or tank, about 3 feet in length by 1 foot in width, and edged it with 

 stone. The pit was made about 18 inches in depth, and one-third of it filled with 

 brick-rubble for drainage. The Lapageria was then planted in some bog-peat, as 

 spongy as I could get it, with which was mingled some rough sand. It, soon 

 began to grow, and flowered for the first time in 1868 ; since then it has bloomed 

 yearly ; and as the plant increases in size and strength, the flowers not only be- 

 come more numerous, but larger and of finer quality. 



