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several days, and shade when the sun is powerful. Look closely 

 after them, and remove all decayed leaves ; hy attending to this you 

 will keep your cuttings from damping (or what is more generally 

 known by the term fogging off), and in about a month you will find 

 the greater part of them sufficiently rooted to require shifting into 

 larger pots. By following the same instructions as previously given, 

 and treating your plants when striking root precisely the same a3 

 your seedlings the season preceding, you will meet with success that 

 will he gratifying as well as satisfactory and pleasing to yourself, 

 and you will not meet with the annoyance and disappointment year 

 after year that so many lovers of these beautiful flowers complain of. 

 The chief cause of failure in growing Calceolarias is the generally 

 improper treatment they are subjected to after the blooming season ; 

 after nearly exhausting themselves by the profusion of bloom, instead 

 of being neglected, they should be diligently attended to ; and if put 

 away in any out-of-the-way corner, exposed to the sun's rays and 

 heavy rains, allowing them to become infested at the same time with 

 insects, only failure must be expected. It should be remembered 

 that the Calceolarias will not bear to be disturbed during the summer 

 months, even if they are in the most perfect health ; if you disturb 

 their roots during this season, you will probably lose them all, so do 

 not be impatient with your plants, but allow the hot season to pass 

 away before disturbing them. Their summer treatment is not 

 attended with any great trouble, it being merely necessary to keep 

 them clean and quiet from the month of July to the end of September 

 when you can recommence to propagate. 



SUMMER CLIMBERS. 



►EAUTIFUL as are many of the half-hardy exotics em- 

 ployed as summer ornaments of the open garden, they 

 yield the palm to the more luxuriant class of plants 

 popularly known as summer climbers, without a due 

 proportion of which, no garden, however perfect in 

 other respects may be its arrangement, can be said to be complete. 



By the feminine elegance of their growth, they lend an air of 

 freedom, which is sought for in vain in plants of a more restricted 

 habit ; and impart a charm to localities and objects the most formal 

 in their character. In no one point do the resources of modern 

 gardeners present a more striking contrast to those of the florists of 

 the past generation, than in the case of climbing plants ; for, whilst 

 they were restricted to one or two annual species, the number of 

 these now available is, happily, so much increased, not only by recent 

 introduction, but also by the now ascertained hardiness of plants 

 hitherto regarded as too tender for the open air, that selections may 

 be made suitable to gardens of any extent. Dividing this class of 

 plants, for convenience of treatment, into two groups, — the animals 

 and the perennials — we will notice, first, the most robust individuals 

 composing it — the perennials. 



April. 



