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THE GARDENER'S MONTHLY 



[March, 



in a warm stove— 60° to 65° at night, 70° to 75° 

 by day — and keep very moist, and in March or 

 April they should flower ; and for blooming they 

 may be placed in a cooler house, and afterwards 

 be returned to the stove, when the plants not un- 

 frequently flower again in July. It is better, how- 

 ever, to rest the plants for a time after flowering, 

 say six or eight weeks, in a cool stove or a cold pit 

 after May, which by judicious air-giving is a stove, 

 watering only to prevent the leaves flagging, and 



when the growth is complete, to place them in a 

 house of about 10° less heat than that in which 

 they are grown, but light and airy, and by no 

 means so dry as to affect the foliage ; and with 

 ten weeks of this cool treatment to return them 

 to heat, giving plenty of it, for they enjoy strong 

 moist heat and liberal watering during growth, 

 and after flowering and completion of growth 

 rest in a cooler house. — G. Abbey." 



[We give the above from the Journal of Horti- 



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VIOLET VICTORIA REOINA. 



introducing to heat again, when the i)lants will 

 flower in August or September. Plants may be 

 had in bloom at almost any time by growing 

 them in brisk heat and affording abundant air- 

 moisture and water ; and when the growth ceases 

 rest them near the glass in a warm greenhouse 

 {55°-50° mill.) with water only to keep the fo- 

 liage from flagging, and with a syringing overhead 

 once a day they will scarcely need water until 

 required for starting. The rest should not be less 

 than six weeks. Another mode of culture is not 

 to dry the plants at all, but, after flowering, oi' 



ciilturr, as supi)lomentary to an excellent article 

 by Mr. Taplin in one of our former numbers. 

 Few people here seem to gnnv it well. — Ed.G. M.] 



NEW PLANTS. 



Violet Victoria Regina. — Recently we re 

 ceived some fresh flowers of this beautiful new 

 violet from Mr. Henry Chitty of the Bellevue 



