020 ON SCARLET GERANIUMS. 
done blooming to remain longer, or suckers will spindle up. Camellias 
must not be allowed to become dry, or the flower-buds will drop, let 
them be kept moist. Where there are clusters of flower-buds thin 
them, so as to leave only one ata place. Cinerarias are liable to be 
attacked by green fly; if they become so, place them in a frame closed, 
and fumigate with tobacco. Pelargoniums for exhibitions next season 
must not be forced forward, but kept stiff. Such as fill the pots with 
roots, should be put into a size larger. About the end of the month, 
stop the leads of longest shoots to make them throw out laterals. Do 
not crowd the plants. (See Articles on culture of in previous Num- 
bers). Calceolorias must not have much water; shoots will often have 
roots protruded underneath, such should be potted off. Verbenas in 
frames must be kept near the glass, have plenty of air, and be careful 
not to over-water them. FEricas, Epacris, Azaleas, &c. require an 
airy situation, only protect from cold east or north winds. Plants that 
have extended as far as desirable should have the leading shoots stopped. 
The greenhouse should be ornamented with Chinese Primroses, 
Cinerarias, &e. Do not allow the surface of the soil to be crusted, or 
covered with moss, &c., but let it occasionally be stirred; this very 
much promotes the health of the plants. Pots that become green are 
injurious, excluding air from the roots. Only have just as much fire 
as will keep out frost, and dry up damps. 
ON SCARLET GERANIUMS. 
BY CLERICUS, 
For many years I have grown this tribe of flowers, in beds, and in 
order to keep up my stock the easiest and best way, (J. have seen none 
else to equal its success,) I pursue the following method. 
As soon as the frost pinches the leaves, I cut off the tops to within 
a few buds of the origin of the last shoots. I leave the plants so for 
a week or ten days, covering them over with some dry hay. At the 
close, I dig them up carefully, and lay them in a dry room for a few 
days to dry, after which I place them erect, closely, in boxes, in dry 
chaff, burying the roots only. I keep them in a back shed, free from 
frost, till spring, and then re-pot, turn out, &c., as usual. In this way 
they flourish admirably. 
ON INDIAN AZALEAS. 
BY MARIA. 
I HAVE an extensive collection of these lovely flowering plants, and by 
a little attention in taking in plants to the greenhouse in succession, I 
have them in bloom from Christmas to Midsummer. TI have a nice 
dry pit-frame, along the front of which is a small flue; when heated it 
is just sufficient to keep out the frost. From this pit I make my selec- 
tion, and having done it for years, I find that the plants which were 
brought into bloom at a given period last year, naturally offer for bloom 
the following. I therefore keep each portion to itself, and in the pit 
they are distinctively arranged. 
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