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EEVIEW. 



TJie Boquet, or Ladies' Flower Garden, being a Description of 

 those plants which will flower in the Room, and the Treatment 

 most suitable for them.— By a Florist, Simpkin & Co. 12mo. 

 pp. 102. 



(Continued from page 112.) 



" I shall therefore describe its whole treatment, beginning 

 with the time that the bud has formed itself, which is generally 

 in October, or November at the latest. Hitherto they have been 

 kept comparatively cold, but as the winter approaches the win- 

 dows are closed, and large fires constantly burning during the 

 day, when at night the fire is allowed to go out, and consequently 

 the room again becomes cold ; this continual change of tempera- 

 ture, from cold to warmth, is one of the principal reasons of the 

 buds falling off, for before the month of December the rooms were 

 quite cool to what they are at this season of the year ; it will 

 therefore be perceived that it is highly necessary that the tempe- 

 rature be kept as nearly equal as possible ; but I do not recom- 

 mend keeping them in warmth at any time, although the 

 temperature may be equal, it being quite an erroneous idea that 

 they require heat to bring them into flower; and I have found 

 that the most beneficial mode of treating them is by keeping the 

 plants in a cold room, where there is hardly any fire kept, for it 

 is a plant that in mild seasons will stand out of doors during the 

 whole winter without receiving any injury ; when in a cold room 

 they will require very little water, once a week will be sufficient, 

 unless the plant is evidently getting dry, which is not likely to be 

 the case during the month of January and beginning of Febru- 

 ary ; very great attention should be paid to its watering, as it is 

 at this season that the buds commence to swell very fast, and the 

 least overplus will cause them to drop off; therefore the quantity 

 of water given must rest entirely to the judgment of the person 

 who gives it, only having always in view that the plants must 

 never be allowed to get quite dry, and at the same time not very 

 wet. About the latter end of January, and again the first fort- 

 night in February, it would be very conducive to the health of 

 the plant to have the leaves carefully washed of all dust, which 

 at this time they are sure to be covered with ; after they have 

 done flowering, they may be kept in a room where there is a fire, 

 as at this particular stage of the plant heat is very useful, as it 

 assists the growth of the plants, and the young shoots have time 

 to ripen their wood before they set for bloom, which will be 

 about October ; they should then be put into a cold room, and 

 receive the treatment already described, and which will be found 

 to succeed if properly attended to. 



Epacris.— Of this very beautiful and showy tribe of plants 

 there are very many fine varieties, which continue flowering du- 



