136 ON RESTORING GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 
with roots; if the plants began to flower in a small state, the flowers 
were to be pinched off. Fumigating was recommended to be fre- 
quently performed, to keep down green-fly. It was stated that by the 
end of June the plants would haye attained a good size, that they 
would exhibit a beautiful pyramid shape, and that they would be 
covered with flowers, provided the rules above laid down had been 
strictly observed. At this stage of their growth as much air as pos- 
sible was to be given both night and day, and syringing withheld. 
The plants might then be removed to any situation required; and, 
with due attention to watering, it was said they would continue to 
bloom abundantly until the end of the season. 
THE HYDRANGEA WITH BLUE FLOWERS. 
Havine at various times seen some magnificent plants, blooming most 
profusely, and bearing large heads of the most beautiful blue flowers 
imaginable, at Clifton Hall, near Nottingham, the seat of Sir Juckes 
Clifton, Bart., we made application to Mr. Florendine for information 
relative to his system of management; he has kindly sent us the 
following communication :— 
“In March I take strong cuttings, and plant them in a pot of peat 
soil (that which does not abound in sand I consider preferable), and 
place them in a cucumber-frame till they are well rooted, when they 
are potted off in three-inch pots, using similar soil, and replaced in the 
frame for a few days. I then remove them to a greenhouse or vinery. 
Tn the latter I find them attain the greatest perfection, both as regards 
size and colour. 
“ Tn the next place, I may observe that the liquid with which these 
plants are watered is made by dissolving three ounces of alum in two 
gallons of water, to which I add half an ounce of soda; and I take 
care, from the time the cuttings are put in till the period of blooming, 
that they are always watered with the above solution, which I consider 
the principal cause of their assuming the beautiful colour they do. 
‘* In order to ensure large plants and fine colours, the plants should 
undergo several shifts, or repottings, as they grow freely, and the roots 
soon fill the pots. 
‘J have at this time a plant with eight bunches of blue flowers, 
produced by the above treatment; and I strongly recommend your 
readers to give the system a trial, feeling assured it will answer their 
expectations.” — Midland Florist. 
ON RESTORING GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 
A constant subscriber will be obliged by the following inquiries 
being answered or referred to in the valuable pages of the FLoricun- 
TURAL CABINET. 
Our Chorozemas have become shabby plants with bare stems, flowering 
just at the extremity of the shoot. The same with the following plants :— 
Pultenea stricta, and subumbellata; Eutaxia myrtifolia; Dillwynia 
