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Greenhouse and Stove Plants. 
ADENANDRA, 
weeks, with abundance of water thrown 
about the house, and continue the use of 
the syringe until the end of August, when 
it will be well to dispense with it; also 
allow the house to become considerably 
drier, to ripen up the growth. Give plenty 
of air during the day, and leave some in 
at the top lights during the nights through 
the autumn, so long as there is no danger 
of frost. Winter them similarly to the 
previous season, and give just as much 
water as will keep the soil in a healthy 
condition. The roots of these plants 
are rarely, when in health, quite at 
‘rest. Pot again in spring, about the 
time recommended the preceding year, 
giving a 3 or 4 inch shift, according to the 
strength of the plants. Use the soil ina 
little coarser state, adding sand in similar 
proportions as heretofore advised. Pot 
hard, and train the shoots well out, as 
before. It is not likely the plants will 
show much flower this spring on account 
of their non-exposure to the open air 
the summer previous; neither is it well 
they should, as it would somewhat inter- 
fere with the coming season’s growth, 
when, if all goes well, they will make pro- 
gress such as to bring them up to a useful 
decorative size. Take out the points of 
the shoots, as recommended last season, 
but not before the end of April; if done 
before this time they will set bloom sooner 
than they should, and will come into 
flower before the time when they are re- 
- quired the following spring. When the 
shoots are shortened back let it be evenly 
done all over the plants, so that they may 
be able to make a regular growth, which 
encourage by maintaining a moist growing 
atmosphere, through applying water freely 
to the paths and stages. Give air early in 
the morning, and in abundance through 
the day. Syringe the plants well in the 
evening, and close the house whilst the 
sun is yet upon the glass; shade slightly 
in very bright weather in May, June, and 
July, during which latter month they 
should be gradually inured to more air, 
given through the nights, with less shade 
in the day-time. 
At the beginning of August turn them 
outside in the open air, giving them for a 
week or so a little protection from the sun 
in the middle of the day, after which fully 
expose them, protecting the pots from the 
direct rays of the sun. Syringe overhead 
every evening in bright weather, but do 
not allow the plants whilst out to get too 
much drenched with rain. They may 
remain out-of-doors until the middle of 
September, after which it will not be safe 
to risk them, for fear of frost; give them 
a good light situation through the winter, 
during which time they should be nicely 
tied with new sticks, and trained into 
proper form. They are not difficult plants 
to manage in this respect, from their 
natural even habit. In the spring they 
may be expected to show flower from 
every shoot, which will open through 
April or May, when they will make useful 
decorative plants, and can be removed to 
the conservatory or show-house. After 
their flowering is over cut the shoots back 
about half-way between the extremities 
and the point they were cut to last year. 
If only just the points of the shoots are 
removed the plants get too tall, and have 
an unsightly appearance. Give them a 
good syringing so as to remove any dust 
that may have accumulated upon the leaves 
during their flowering time ; remove them 
back to the hard-wooded house, and assist 
them to break by slight syringing in 
the afternoons, keeping them in a little 
closer. When the young shoots have 
grown half-an-inch or so, repot, giving 
a shift according to the amount of roots 
they are found to have when turned out 
ot the old pots, and encourage them to 
grow freely by keeping the atmosphere 
moist, and by giving a little shade during 
the middle of the day. Inure them to 
more air, and decrease the shade through 
July, after which turn them out-of-doors, 
and treat as advised the preceding season. 
It must be borne in mind that Adenandras 
require this open-air exposure to insure 
their flowering. By the end of the season 
they will have arrived at a good speci- 
men size, and will, if required, do well 
for exhibiting. Treat through the autumn 
in accordance with the directions pre- 
viously given; but now winter them in 
a temperature some 5° cooler, or they 
may flower earlier than required. Let 
their subsequent spring treatment be the 
same as last year, except that they will 
not need potting this season. Give them 
a shift after flowering the next year, 
and, when they require it, they should 
be assisted with weak manure-water whilst 
making growth. 
A. fragrans. Is worthy of a place in 
every greenhouse for the agreeable per- 
fume of its flowers alone. Apart from 
this, when well bloomed, it is an attractive 
plant. 
A. speciosa. This is sufficiently distinct 
from the above to be desirable. 
Insects.—Adenandras, treated as ad- 
vised, will last for some years, if kept free 
from red spider, which must be diligently 
sought for during the growing season, as, 
if it gets to a head, the leaves will be de- 
