88 THE FLOEAL WOELD AND GAEDBN GUIDE. 



As soon as they have become sufficiently rooted, pot them into 

 four-inch pots, still keeping them in a warm atmosphere, and stop 

 them in order to form them into compact bushes. 



As soon as they have again filled the pots with roots, give them 

 another liberal shift into seven-inch pots, still keeping them in a 

 warm atmosphere, and using the syringe freely until they have got 

 quite established ; when they should be gradually hardened off, and 

 finally placed in a cold frame, where they may remain during the 

 summer months. 



Except potting, stopping the shoots, which should only be done 

 when the wood is in a half-ripe state, neatly tying the shoots as they 

 progress, watering when required, frequently overhead, and occasion- 

 ally stirring the surface-soil, nothing will be needed during the 

 summer and autumn. I have, however, found green-fly troublesome 

 at times, but if the watering-pot is frequently used overhead, but 

 little need be feared either from them or red spider ; if they happen 

 to be attacked by mildew, apply sulphur as soon as it is perceived. 

 When cold damp weather sets in, remove them to the greenhouse or 

 conservatory, where they will come into bloom in succession during 

 the whole of the dull winter months. After they have done flowering, 

 select the most healthy cuttings — the old plants should be cut down 

 for another year or thrown away. The stopping should always be 

 regulated by the time when they are wanted to be in blossom — for 

 instance, for early winter flowering the plants should not be stopped 

 after July, and so on ; if the plants are well ripened by autumn, they 

 may, by a little additional heat, be had in flower whenever they are 

 required. The soil best suited for their culture is maiden loam, 

 leaf-mould, rotten cow-dung, and silver-sand, to which may be added 

 a portion of mortar rubbish, in order to keep the soil porous ; 

 manure-water, with occasional watering of soot-water, will be found 

 beneficial during the growing and blooming season. 



FORMATION AND ARRANGING OF A HERBARIUM. 



HE object in forming a herbarium is not merely to pre- 

 serve dried plants, but to have them so arranged as they 



may be easily known and determined. In the first 

 place, it will be necessary to provide a quantity of grey 

 paper, and nearly as much of white, of the same size 

 and pretty strong, without which the specimens would rot in the 

 grey paper, the plants or the flowers would lose their colour, by which 

 they are most usually known, and which is most pleasant to behold 

 in the collection. 



A press must also be prepared, and a very simple and 

 powerful press may be made by any amateur in carpentry, 

 according to the design here submitted, which has the advantage 

 of not requiring screws, or any of the nicer fittings which an 

 amateur might not be able to produce. It consists of a stout 

 board of beech A, to which is fixed a framework b. Between these 

 is a travelling platen or top board c, on the upper side of which are 





