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THE GARDENER^S MONTHLY 



[January, 



kinds, whilst making their growth, must be well 

 supplied with water, especially overhead, and be 

 also slightly shaded from the sun. The orange 

 is a plant of comparatively easy growth, and 

 naturally able to withstand a good deal of bad 

 treatment withovit being killed outright ; and to 

 this, no doubt, may be attributed the indifferent 

 condition in which they are often seen. When 

 in a bad state the roots are generally few, and 

 almost dormant at a time when they should be 

 ramifying in all directions ; when thus stunted 

 and unhealthy the best course is to turn theia 

 out of their pots, reduce the balls considerably, 

 put them in smaller pots, and place at once in 

 moderate heat with a close moist atmosphere 

 until the roots are unmistakably active and the 

 growth is made : plants in such condition will be 

 much benefitted by a moderate bottom-heat of 

 about 70°. — Gardener's Chronicle. 



Verbenas from Seed. — Those who are limited 

 or room in their greenhouses, and still like to 

 make as good a show of bedding plants as possi- 

 ble during the summer months, will find it by far 

 the best plan to raise their stock of Verbenas 

 from seed. This can be easily done in the fol- 

 lowing manner : — Take a few seed pans, and if 

 these be not at hand, a few shallow boxes will 

 sufl&ce quite as well (if the latter be selected, 

 some holes must be made in the bottoms), cover 

 over the bottom with some broken crocks, and 

 fill in to within about half an inch of the top 

 with a light mixture of rotten loam, leaf mould, 

 and a good dash of silver sand, make the surface 

 level, and press it a little, feo that when watered 

 it will not sink. On this surface the seeds should 

 be evenly sown, and then covered over with a 

 light sprinkling of the same soil that they are 

 sown on; they should be watered with a pot that 

 has a fine rose, and then placed in the greenhouse 

 close to the glass, and if put so that they will 

 receive a little bottom heat so much the better. 

 They should not be allowed to get dry, but still 

 never over-water them, as that would be much 

 more fatal. When strong enough the plants 

 should be potted off, and so grown on till it is 

 time to stand them out to harden off before be- 

 ing put out into the beds, in which they are to 

 bloom. When Verbenas are about to be raised 

 in this way the seed should always be purchased 

 of some good seedsmen, to ensure the varieties 

 being good. Petunias can also be raised in a 

 similar manner. — A Hassard, in TJie Garden. 



Euphorbia jacquin^flora almost stands alone 



for the incomparable beauty of its cerise-scarlet 

 flowers, arranged in such elegant wreaths, at this 

 season of the year. At an evening party not 

 long since, where the beauty of flowers, among 

 other pleasant agencies, ministered to the delight 

 of the company, this beautiful stove Euphorbia 

 was singled out for especial praise. Such a warm 

 glow of color as the flowers present appears to be 

 especially acceptable when snow and ice and 

 frost of unusual severity hold Nature in a stat-e 

 of repose. The flowers, though small, are indi- 

 vidually very exquisite in form and color, and 

 being produced with much profusion on the 

 elongated branches the plant throws up at this 

 time of the year, and the leaves being also of 

 elegant form and of a transparent green, it has 

 come to be much used by ladies as wreaths for 

 the hair. The flowers are set on at the base of 

 the leaves in short spikes of three or four to a 

 dozen buds, and as all regularly face in an up- 

 ward direction, they form a wreath of great 

 natural beauty. It is a grand plant for stove 

 decoration at mid-winter, and it can be met with 

 as specimens 6 to 7 feet in height, with from 

 twelve to twenty leading branches, each starting 

 from the base, and at the blooming season 

 crowded with flowers. For winter decoration 

 the Euphorbia, when ajjpropriately managed, is 

 scarcely second to any other plant known to gar- 

 deners. — Gardener's Chronicle. 



NEW PLANTS. 



Silver-leaved Plants.— A. L. S., writes, "Will 

 you give me, please, a list of such silver-leaved 



plants as will grow in the open ground of this 

 climate (Maryland), and make borders for beds, 

 such as I have seen about Boston ? I should need 



