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ture sufficiently high to excite an early growth. Cuttings of these will 

 be found to root with much greater facility early in the season than at 

 a later period ; besides, it is of considerable advantage to have young 

 plants strong and well established by the approach of the succeeding 

 winter. Gladioli, Alstrccmeria, Lilium, &c, grown in pots at the end 

 of the month, should be re-potted. When the weather is damp or 

 foggy do not give air, only let a dry air be admitted. Tender and 

 small kinds of plants should frequently be examined to have the surface 

 soil loosened. Calceolarias — re-pot seedlings, strike cuttings, &c. 



Chrysanthemums having now quite ceased blooming, the plants must 

 be placed in a cool pit where they can be protected from severe frost, 

 and have the tops cut off. Fuchsias which have been at rest and 

 increase is wanted ; now force them into shoots to strike from. 



IN THE STOVE. 



All kinds of plants required here for ornament, and which have been 

 duly prepared by previous culture, should be introduced in succession, 

 giving ample supplies of water and frequent syringing over hear). The 

 plants best adapted far forcing are various kinds of Roses, Persian 

 Lilacs, Azaleas, Acacia armata, Neriums, Gardenias, Rhodora, Helio- 

 tropes, Correas, Deutzeas, Mezereums, Coronillas, Cytissus, Ribes, 

 Mignionette, Cinerarias, Sweet Violets, Lily of the Valley, Tulips, 

 Cyclamens ; and the old Eranthemum pulcliellum with its fine blue 

 flowers, Justicia speciosa, Gesnerice Zebrina, &c, Justicia pulcherrima, 

 and Aphellandria cristata, are fine winter ornamental blooming plants. 

 All pots or boxes containing bulbous-rooted flowering plants, as 

 Hyacinths, Narcissus, Persian Irises, Crocuses, &c, should occasionally 

 be introduced, so as to have a succession of bloom. Cactus plants that 

 have been kept in the greenhouse should occasionally be brought into 

 the stove for flowering. 



ON PINKS. 



BY A. Z. 



In a compost of the following materials, I have grown the Pink 

 very far superior to any I ever saw in any florist's garden, or at any 

 floral exhibition, and both situations I have visited scores of times 

 during the period of the last seven years. Turf, about three inches 

 thick, from a pasture of loamy soil, procured, and laid up in a heap one 

 year before required for the bed. One year old rotten hot bed manure. 

 Decayed leaves, vegetables, sticks, and the ashes of burnt faggots, any 

 of these, mixed together, or simply, and a portion of pebbly river sand. 

 The three former materials in equal parts, and one-tenth of sand. 

 Over the bottom of the space for the bed I laid four inches thickness 

 of old rotted cow-dung, and upon it the above named compost nine 

 inches deep. 



