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from each other must be determined by the effect to be produced. If 
to form masses, twelve inches will be sufficient, but if for single 
specimens, or to produce flowers for exhibition, then three feet apart 
will not be too much, After planting, the shoots should be regulated ; 
being neatly and securely pegged down, to prevent them being dis- 
turbed by the wind. All the after attention they will require will be 
to {remove the pegs from’ time to time as the shoots elongate. And 
should the season {prove dry, supply them with water, using liquid 
manure every third time liberally for all high or bright colours, but 
with caution for light or white flowers. 
Cuttings should be taken about the end of August, and be planted 
in sand or any other light soil under a north or west wall, and covered 
with a frame or hand-glass, where with little attention they will be 
rooted in about a fortnight. 
When well-rooted, plant singly into three-inch pots, using a soil 
composed of equal parts of turfy loam and peat; place them in a close 
frame for a few days until the plants are established in the fresh soil, 
after which they may be gradually exposed to the full influence of sun 
and air, Stop every shoot at the second joint, to make the plants 
bushy ; allow them to remain in the frame till the end of Octobor ; 
then remove them to a cool pit or airy greenhouse, where they may be 
protected from frost. All the attention they will require through the 
winter will be an occasional watering. Stopping, and (should the 
mildew make its appearance) a slight dusting with sulphur. 
In the first week in March (weather permitting) they may again be 
removed to the frames, and exposed as before to the sun and air. 
Under such treatment, the plants will be very hardy, short jointed, and 
quite prepared for turning out in the second week in April, and will 
stand fully exposed to four or five degrees of frost uninjured. These 
directions merely apply to the good old established varieties ; with new 
sorts, of course, the case is widely different. The plants of such 
new varieties are but seldom to be obtained from the nurseries until 
the second week in April, and as such plants will have been propagated 
in ‘spring it will be advisable to protect them for a short time, and 
prepare them by degrees for exposure in the flower-garden ; indeed, the 
safest time for planting out Verbenas propagated in spring, is the 
second week in May. i 
The great advantages derived from early planting, with well pre- 
pared plants, is, an jearly and ‘abundant crop of flowers, and of very 
long duration, 
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AERIDES cRISPUM—Srr Ricuarp Brooxe’s Arr Pian. 
Orchidaceae. Gynandria Monandria. 
Tus very beautiful species is a native of Courtallam, in the East 
Indies, and has bloomed in the collection of Sir Richard Brookes, Bart., 
at Norton Priory. The whole genus of A®rides are handsome; but 
this is the most lovely, and one of the rarest, It has recently bloomed 
jn the noble collection at the Royal Gardens of Kew. The racemes of 
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