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genu, &c. Like those kinds, the present is free of production, and easy to 

 cultivate, 



Kennedia Marryatti, Mrs. Marryatfs Kennedia, a most beautiful flow- 

 ering greenhouse climber, well meriting a situation in every collection ot 

 ibis tribe of plants. It flourishes well in sandy peat, Laving a good drain- 

 age. 



FLORICULTURAL CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER. 

 Flant Stove. — Plants of Cactuses that have been kept in the open air or 

 greenhouse, now put into the stove, will bloom immediately. 



Greenhouse Plants — Those plants that were removed into the green- 

 house last month, should have plenty of air given them every mild day ; 

 but the lights should be close shut up at night, also when cold, damp, wet, or 

 other bad weather prevails, excepting a little at the doors, about the middle 

 of the day. The plants should not be watered in the ' ; broad-cast" manner 

 as it is termed ; but should be attended to singly, so that no plant may be 

 watered but what is actually dry. Water should not be given in the even- 

 ing but iu the early part of the day, so that damps may be dried up before 

 the house is closed. If watered in the evening, the damp arising dur- 

 ing the night will cause the leaves to decay, and encourage moss, li- 

 chens, <J-c. upon the soil. This will invariably be the consequence, unless 

 fire heat be applied to counteract the effect. _ The soil in the pots should 

 frequently be loosened at the surface, to prevent its forming a mossy or very 

 compact state.— Camelias, if wanted to flower early, should be placed in a 

 stove. 



Flowbr Garden, — &c. Auriculas must now be removed to their winter 

 habitation, all dead leaves must be picked off as they appear, or the plants 

 will be liable to injury from rotting, &c. Carnation layers jotted off should 

 be placed for protection during winter. Offsets of the herbaceous kinds of 

 Calceolarias in beds or borders, should now be potted off, having well-drain • 

 ed pots and a light soil. The plants should be kept in a cool frame, or a 

 cool greenhouse ; very little water must be given them, or they will damp 

 off. Cuttings of all kinds of greenhouse plants that have been grown in the 

 open border, in beds, &c, such as Heliotropes, Geraniums, shrubby Calce- 

 olarias, &c. should be taken of as early as possible in the month, and be 

 stuck in heat, in order to have a supply of beds, &c. the next year If frost 

 is likely to cut off the tops by the end of the month, the plants should bo 

 taken up, and placed very closely in boxes, large pots, &c. for preserving 

 during winter. Water freely after potting off, but little afterwards at the 

 roots till the plants have struck root, they may occasionally be sprinkled over 

 the tops. Do not place the plants in heat, to cause them to strike, for if 

 this be done, most of the plants will fail, a cool frame or greenhouse is suit- 

 able. Hyacinths and other bulbs, should be potted early in the month, for 

 forcing, &c Seeds of Schizanthus, Stocks, Salpiglossis and similar kinds 

 of plants, desired to have in flower early next season, should be sown the 

 first week in the month in pots, and be kept from frost during winter. Seeds 

 ofPansies maybe sown early in the month, in pots, and be protected in a 

 cool frame, also plants taken up and to be protected unless they be grown 

 in a sheltered dry situatiou. Pinks, if not already planted otf should be done 

 early. Perennial and biennial flowers, may be divided, and planted off 

 where intended to bloom next year. Flower beds, borders, &c. should be 

 dug, and an addition of fresh soil be laid in them so as to raise the surface, 

 and the roots of all plants may be covered, to be a protection during win- 

 ter ; this should be attended to by the end of the month. Any tender kinds 

 ol border plants that are liable to injury during winter, should be potted 

 and placed for protection. To Dahlias, a cover of soil round the roots should 

 be given, lest a sudden frost coming should injure the crown buds; seeds 

 should be collected before damaged by frost. Seeds of all kinds of flowers 

 not yet gathered, should be collected early in the month, or they will be 

 liable to injury by frost, 





