THE FLORAL WOIiLU AND GAUD£N GUIDE. 375 



eoatiDg of Lalf-rotten dung between gooseberry and currant bushes, and in dry 

 Weather prick it in with a f'orJi, so as tu avoid injury to the roots. Uaspljerries to 

 bave a heavy mulch, which i« not to be pricked in ; any disturbance of their roots 

 IB a great injury. 



Camkllias. — Extremes of tetnperatnre, moisture, or drought will cause the buds 

 to fall ; and it will be as well now to see thai all Camellias are really moist at the 

 roots, for sometimes, after the roots become dry, the water passes away on the outside 

 of the ball, without any benefit to the roots whatever. A dry heat is very injurious 

 to Camellias now. 



Cabnatioks and PicoTEEii mitst have abundant ventilation and very careful 

 wateiiijg If any appearance of fly, wliich is easily detected on the top grass of the 

 plant, fumigate twice. 



Cauljkloweks, Letti-'oes, etc., in frames and hand-lights, must have plenty 

 of air during mild weather by removing the glasses entirely on tine days, and keeping 

 them tilted during rains. If any signs of mildew, sprinkle with sulphur. 



Cnuifi5AVTtiKMi;Ms vcny bj disponed of V';ry eisily by setti.i^ aside in a cool 

 greenhouse one store pot of each vjiriety it is intended to propagate, and destroying 

 fill the rest. G'xid stools in six-inch pots will furnish any number of cuttings when 

 required. Cultivators who have no glass can pack the roots clof;e together under a 

 wall or fence, where some dry straw can be thrown ovt-rthem daring severe frost. 



Ci.N'KKAKiAS throwing up their flower-stems to be put in an intermediate housa 

 for eaily flowors. The most backward to be repotted at once, so as to make fine 

 specimens for a very late bloom Keep the stock clean, use sulphur where mildew 

 occurs, and fumigate for green-fly. 



CoNSBKVAlony. — i-et nothing mffer now for want of fire-heat. Forced bulbs 

 ■will require warm positions, but Heaths, Epacrises, and other hard-wocded plants, 

 must be at the cool end. For succession now, Mijtnonette, I'rimulas, VioUts, Lily 

 of tlie Valley, Luculia grati'ssiraa, Poinsettias, Euphorbias, and Justiciar are par- 

 ticularly valuable. K-sep the atmosphere pretty dry, to prolong the bloora of 

 Camelii-18, Azaleas, etc. Average temperainre, 45" by night and .55" to 65" by day. 



Fkuit Tuees to be plant-d with all speed; if delayed much longer, the ne«t 

 year's i.rop may be lost. Fill in with soil in a friable condition, for no tree will 

 prosper if the r'>ots are puddled in with wet pasty < arth. 



Gkeekhouse to have as little lirti-heat as will be safe, and to be kept a« dry as 

 possible. On the occasion of a sudd^'n] fro>t, there is a tendency to get up a brisk 

 beat at night, and much harm is inflicted on plants by running the temperature irp 

 to 60" or mo e, and then leaving the fire t) go out, so that by the morning they 

 are ex|X)»ed to a temperature of ;i5° or less, '/'he amateur must endeavour to avoid 

 each extremtjs. By a little watchfulness it way generally be known when frost 

 is to be expected ; the fire should then be lighted early in the day, and allowed to 

 go vary low at night, and be banked up the last thing, so as to burn slowly till 

 morning. 



Kitchen Garden. — There ought not to be now a single square yard of unoccu- 

 pied ground that has not been deeply dug since the last crop was taken off. Deep 

 stirring and successive frostings of the soil are immensely beneficial, and there will 

 never be much success in the culture of edibles where there is any fear of hard 

 •work in winter. The out-door work of this mouth mtist be regulated by the 

 weather. 



McsHBOOM House to be kept as near 60" as possible. For a steady tempera- 

 rature will greatly prolong the bearing of the beds, but if they are ':ear]y at the end 

 of Ujeir productiveness, make up fresii beds at oiice for succession. At this time 

 of year it will be necessary to make a new bed every mouth to insure a constant 

 supjily. 



Potatoes for planting may now be brought out from the store, and placed in 

 shallow baskets on dry moss or hay, and the baskets put in the full daylight in a 

 position where frost cannot toucli them. They will soon green over, and when they 

 begin to sprout the sprouts will be short, hard, plump, purple, and not liable to 

 snap off in the process of planting. 



EAKVKCX'LUe and Anemones of common kinds for showy masses maybe planted 

 now, but choice and valuable kiuds must be kept in tJie drawers till the beginning 

 of February, and in the meantime get the beds ready by deep trenching and laying 

 up the earth in ridges. 



I>eceiat>er. 



