96 MISCELLANY OP NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE. 



Thunbergias, Maurandias, &c, if large enough to pot, should be done in sixty- 

 sized pots. 



Auriculas. — Those requiring top-dressing should be done immediately, by 

 taking off about two inchei deep of the top-soil, replacing it with some very 

 rich; more thau one-half of it should be rotten cow-dung two years old, and the 

 rest loam and sand. Immediately after this dressing, let the soil be well settled 

 by a fiee watering. By the end of the month the unexpended blossoms will be 

 neurly full grown; uo water must be allowed to fall on them, or the blossoms 

 would be liable to suffer injury by it. All possible air may be admitted to the 

 plants during the day, only screen from cutting frosty wiuds. 



Campanula pyramidai.is — to have fine pot specimens, should be putted, if 

 not before done, and encouraged to grow. 



Carnations. — The last year's layers kept in pots or beds during the winter 

 should be planted off into large pots 12 inches wide at the top, 6 at the bottom, 

 and 10 deep. In each pot three plants may be placed triangularly, not planting 

 deeper than to fix them securely. The following compost is must suitable : — 

 Two barrows full of fiesh yellow loam, three of well-rotted horse-dung, and half 

 a barrowful of river-sand, well mixed ; plant in it without sifting, but breaking 

 very well with the spade, and have a free drainage of rough turf, &c. ; place the 

 plants in a sheltered situation out of doors. 



Creepers — and twining greenhouse or hardy plants, should be pruned and 

 regulated before they begin to grow. 



Calceolaria Seed — should be sown, having the finest sifted soil fur the 

 surface. 



Chrysanthemums — sow seed of, and raise in moist heat. Pot off singly the 

 suckers of old plants for blooming. 



Cuttings of Salvias, Fuchsias, Heliotropes, Geraniums. Celsias, Alonsoas, 

 Lotuses, Seuecios, &c, where it is desired to plant such out in beds, should be 

 struck in mi'ist heat as early as possible. Young shoots, cut off clean, strike 

 readily. (See kinds of plants suitable, in vol. i., p. 38 ; and for additional kinds, 

 subsequent vols.) 



Dahlias. — Any struck root should be potted into small pots. Seeds should 

 be sown, placing them in a hot-bed frame till up. Cuttiugs be taken off and 

 struck in heat. 



Achimknes, Gesneria, Gloxinia, and Tropaeolum bulbs, &c, that have been 

 kept dry during winter, should now be potted, and gently brought forward in 

 heat. 



Herbaceous perennials, biennials, &c, may still be divided, if required. 



Pelargoniums. — Cuttiugs now put in, struck in a hot-bed frame, and potted 

 off as soon as they have taken root, will bloom during autumn. Attention to 

 thinning, tying, &c, of blooming plants, &c, see articles of in previous numbers. 



Polyanthuses — should be top-dressed, as directed for Auriculas, if not 

 done before. Seed may now be sown ; the best methud is to raise it in heat, 

 harden gradually, and transplant when large enough. 



Ranunculuses and Anemones — for late bloom, may still be planted, taking 

 care no fresh applied dung is in the soil, nor should the ground to plant in be 

 lightened up more than two inches deep. The soil of the bed should be half a 

 yard deep at the least. Press the soil firm about the plants. See articles in 

 former numbers. 



Hose Treks — allowed to remain untouched till the shoots of the present season 

 an inch long, and shortened by cutting back all the old wood to below where 

 the new shoots had pushed, the dormant buds will then be excited, and roses 

 will be produced some weeks later than if pruned at a much earlier season. 

 Plants in pots now put into heat will come into bloom in May. 



Tuberoses — should be planted, one root in a small pot, using very rich sandy 

 soil ; the pots should be placed in moist heat till the plants are up a few inches ; 

 then they may be planted into larger pots, and taken into a stove, and finally 

 into a greenhouse. 



Tulips. — Protect from strong winds, by tying up, or screening the bed. 



Seeds — of greenhouse and similar plants may now successfully be sown, 

 raised in moist temperature. 



