to put in a liot-air flue in all graperies. Tlie expanse of a furnace is not worth mentioui:ig, 

 and it is, after all, as simple and efficient a system of heating as any, and decidedly the 

 cheapest. Admit air freely when the weather is favorable ; cold, dry winds are to be 

 especially avoided. Keep the vines tied down in a horizontal position ; this will retard 

 them somewhat, and cause the lowermost buds to break equally with those situated nearer 

 the top. The border may receive a top dressing of manure, forked carefully over. Keep it 

 as dry as possible until a healthy root action has commenced. Young plants may be raised 

 from eyes ; a single bud is sufficient ; one in a small pot, which is the best way ; or insert 

 them thickly in a large one, or a box. In either case, they require to be set on bottom heat 

 to root freely. They will root Avithout heat, but will be late. Do not over-water them ; keep 

 the soil moist, but not wet, until roots form ; and take especial care not to cover the bud or 

 eye with soil when putting them down. 



FoRcrac-nousEs. — Should red spiders make their appearance upon any of the plants, smear 

 a mixture of sulphur and water on the heater. There is no danger of hurting the plants so 

 long as the sulphur does nor burn. While the plants are in blossom, syringing has to be 

 in a measure withheld, which frequently allows these insects to gain a footing. When fruit 

 is set, the watering and cleaning of the leaves should be duly attended to, and continued 

 until the fruit changes color to ripen. Strawberries in small pots require a large supply of 

 water. Setting the pots on sods will help to retain moisture about the roots. The soil 

 should be kejjt drier as the fruit approaches maturity. This will increase its flavor, as well 

 as hasten the ripening process. 



CoxsERVATOEY. — Tliis is distinguished from a greenhouse more from its proximity to the 

 dwelling than anything else, and is a place for the display of plants in flower, rather than 

 for growing them. It therefore requires the aid of a greenhouse to keep up a succession of 

 flowers. When of sufficient size, a few orange-trees, acacias. Camellias, azaleas, myrtles, 

 &c., maybe planted in beds. Movable trellis should be provided for the display of flowering 

 plants in pots. A greenhouse temperature is suitable. Such a house ought to communicate 

 with the rooms in the dwelling, everything kept in the most perfect order with regard to 

 cleanliness, and all necessary work performed early in the morning, in order not to disturb 

 that enticing repose and seeming seclusion, which add so much to the enjoyment of these 

 structures. 



Greexhouse.— ^Attention should now be directed to the propagation of plants for flowering 

 next winter and early spring. Secure a good stock of Bouvardia leiantha, Cestrum auranti- 

 acum, Coronilla glauca, Cytisus racemosa, Linum trigynum, Epiphyllum truncatum, Tropas- 

 olum Lobbianum, Daphnes, Polygalas, &c. It is also a good time to propagate the various 

 hard-wooded plants, so that the young ^ilants may be of sufficient strength to stand easily 

 through the winter. The principle of striking cuttings does not seem to be very generally 

 understood. A cutting is simply a part of a plant taken ofi" and placed in a position to form 

 roots, and become in all respects a living representation of the original from whence it was 

 taken. The " position" in which it should be placed, and the care required, depend uijon 

 the kind of cutting and its maturity. The following figures will assist us in a brief 

 descrii)tion. 



No. 1 represents a rose-cutting of half ripened wood, made off a shoot immediately after it 

 has done flowering. No. 2, a geranium-cutting of a similar kind. No. 3 is a point of a young 

 growing shoot, such as 

 the point of a fuchsia, or 

 any side shoot of a grow- 

 ing plant. And No. 4, 

 a gooseberry, grape, or 

 similar plant, after the 

 wood is ripened and the 

 leaves fallen. In the 

 latter case, there are no 

 leaves to extract the sap 

 and disturb its equili- 

 brium ; the root-forming 

 process proceeds slowly, 

 but without further cai-e. 

 No. 3 is soft and succu- 

 lent in all its parts, and 

 furnished with a quan- 

 tity of tender leaves ; 

 consequently is easily 



