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They will get under lliem in the night, and in the morning you may desfro.y 

 them. 



Remove Rose Trees in February, to make them blow late ; or cut some of 

 the buds off, which will answer the same purpose. 



To preserve the choice bulbs, cover them over, in severe weather, with old 

 tan, or coal ashes. 



When flowers are withering in a flower -pot, plunge about one -third of the 

 stems into boiling water, and by the time the water is cold tliey will revive ; 

 then cut off the ends and put them into cold water with a little nitre, and they 

 will keep fresh for several days. 



Sow all seeds shallow ; and if they are small, such as Poppies, Venus' 

 looking-glass, &c. they should be sown very thin, or the plants will not thrive. 



Hoe and sow in the dry, and plant in the wet ; this will generally ensure 

 the crop, and what is planted out will be much more likely to grow. 



Shrubs and Flowers should never be planted deep, as they will not thrive so 

 well. 



Never put plants in too large pots, as they generally run to roots and 

 stalks, but seldom blow well. 



It is a good method to put oyster-shells round the plants in pots in the sum- 

 mer, as they will not require so much water, and will keep the surface cool. 



No Plants (but especially tender ones) should be watered when the sun is 

 upon them, as it often turns the leaves yellow, and injures the plants. 



Water in the evening from the latter end of May to the latter end of Au- 

 gust, and afterwards in the morning, as we often have frosts the begining of 

 September. 



In the winter plunge pots up to the rim in tan or ashes to preserve the 

 plants from the frosts. 



Hardy Greenhouse Plants should be kept chiefly in the sbade during the 

 summer months, but never under the droppings of trees. Air is of conse- 

 quence to all plants, so that they should be placed where they can have'plenty 

 of it, though not so exposed as to be injured by high winds. 



If you wish for Roses at Christmas, select from your Rose Trees such buds 

 as are just ready to blow ; tie a piece of thread round the stalk of each. 

 You must take care not to touch the bud with your hand, or even the stalk 

 any more than you can avoid. Cut it carefully from the tree, with the stalk 

 two or three inches in length. Melt some sealing-wax, and quickly apply it 

 to the end of the stalk. The wax should be only as warm as to be ductile. 

 Form a piece of paper into a cone-like shape, wherein place the Rose ; screw 

 it up carefully, so as to exclude the air from it; do so by each ; then put 

 them all into a box, and the box into a drawer, all of which is intended to 

 keep them from the air. On Christmas day, or any other day in winter take 

 them out, and cut off the ends of the stalks, place them in a flower-pot with 

 lukewarm water. In two or three hours they will blow as in summer, retaining 

 all their grateful fragrance. 



Whenever you want to transplant any Flower Roots in the summer season, 

 make it a rule to do it in the cool of the evening, and give them all a little 

 water ; if this plan is not adopted, the sun will spoil them. 



To destroy Earwigs, place the bowls of tobacco pipes on the tops of the 

 flower-sticks, and you will find them in the morning in the bowl ; turn them 

 into a bason of water, and put the bowls on the sticks again. 



A Substitute for bog Earth. — Take a quantity of earth from a common 

 about a foot deep with the turf; mix this with rotten dung, part horse and 

 part cow, with a portion of mould from a hollow tree, and a portion of drift 

 sand ; let these materials be well mixed together, and lay for several months 

 before it is used, turning it once a week or a fortnight. 



The best soil for Carnations and Pinks is a large proportion of good rich 

 loam, mixed well with an old melon bed, a little cow dung, and a small por- 

 tion of drift sand. 



Extracted from an useful Treatise on Flowers recently published by J. Wil- 

 latts, Esq. (see review in Cabinet, for 1836) 



