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forth in any place, I put over a piece of turf, and then spread a few inches of 

 soil over the whole, to prevent the flame bursting forth, especially doing so late 

 at night, so as |to be secure during the night. Thus I kept the heap burning 

 several days, and accomplished my object in a quantity of good charcoal. The 

 lightest kind of wood makes the best charcoal. J. P. Stokes. 



On Winter Blooming Plants. — The following handsome flowering plants 

 have been found to bloom well in a temperature of 45 degrees, and to be a va- 

 luable addition to our dwelling-room plants; viz.: — Ardisia crenulata ; Aphe- 

 landra cristata ; Euphorbia jacquiniflora and E. splendens; Justicia speciosa 

 and coccinea ; Poinciania pulcherima, and the lovely blue Eranthemum pul- 

 chellum, kept in the greenhouse through the summer and autumn, and now 

 removed into the window of a sitting-room having a southerly aspect, will bloom 

 for several weeks. 



Dec. 21st. S. 



The Banksian Rose. — This beautiful rose is often found shy of blooming. 

 A remark upon it is inserted in a recent Number of the " Gardener's Chronicle," 

 where it is stated that, treated by Mr. Frost, gardener to Lady Grenville of 

 Diopmore. it annually blooms most freely. Mr. Frost states that it is customary 

 to prune the plant in spring; but when so treated all the flowering wood is cut 

 away, as it blooms only upon the one-year-old wood. The proper time for 

 pruning it is midsummer, when the blooming is over; then new wood is formed 

 in the subsequent part of the season, which will profusely bloom the following 

 spring. Mr. Frost states that the more vigorous the plant is, and the more young 

 wood is laid in after midsummer-pruning the finer the bloom will be, for there 

 will be a cluster of roses at the extremity of every shoot which starts from the 

 bosom of the leaves. 



On planting Evergreen Shrubs. — Observing that it was recommended in 

 the Cabinet to plant evergreen Shrubs in autumn, from the middle of October 

 to the end of November, the earlier the better it was stated ; I therefore planted 

 a considerable number the last October, watering them at the roots when 

 planted, and now they are growing beautifully'; not a single plant even has 

 tailed. 



On former occasions I have planted in spring, at the end of March or early 

 in April, and never but with the loss of some : the cold dry easterly winds, 

 affecting them before the roots had struck, always proved fatal. If a wet spring, 

 then I found the Shrubs to succeed better, but I am confident early autumn 

 planting is the best season for success to ensue — a moist atmosphere aiding the 

 tops contributes to certain establishment. To prevent the shrubs from being 

 loosened by the wind in autumn or winter, I secured them by tying to 

 stakes. 



An Amateur. 



FLORICULTURAL CALENDAR FOR JANUARY. 



Greenhouse. — This department should have good attendance during this 

 month. 



The herbaceous kinds of plants will require occasional waterings, but less 

 frequent and in less quantities than the woody kinds. Succulents, as Aloes, 

 Sedums, &c, should be watered very sparingly, and only when the soil i9 very 

 dry. When water is given it should be as much as will moisten all the soil, 

 where watt-r is only given to moisten the soil an inch or two at the top and the 

 other kept quite dry, the result is generally certain, namely, the death of the 

 plant. The plan to be attended to is, water only when necessary, but a full 

 mipply when it is done, and water at the early part of the day so damp may be 

 dried up before evening. Air should be admitted at all times when the weather 

 is favourable, or the plants cannot be kept in a healthy state. When the weather 

 is damp, foggy, &c, do not give air then, let a dry air only be admitted. If 



