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them in a warm part of the greenhouse or forcing-house, giving due 

 attention to watering, &c, till the wood is firm and flower-buds are set; 

 they may then be removed to a cool pit, so as to be gradually hardened 

 by more air, &c. Japan Lilies flourish best in peat soil and sand. 

 Cinerarias require particular attention ; pot or re-pot young seedlings, 

 and fumigate if green fly appear. 



A careful inspection of the greenhouse plants should be made, to see 

 which require re-potting, and do it at once, not waiting till some 

 general performance ; always attend to it when it is wanted. Such 

 Azaleas as have done blooming must directly be re-potted, and their 

 growth afresh be gently promoted in a higher temperature for a short 

 time. Any required to bloom late should be kept in a cool situation at 

 present. 



Ericas. — Any requiring re-potting should be done directly ; avoid 

 too large pots with the less vigorous growers, but free growers will 

 require room to extend in proportion. Give air freely, but avoid 

 draughts, especially from east and north. Calceolarias require re- 

 potting to have a vigorous bloom. 



CULTURE OF FUCHSIA SERRATTIFOLIA. 



BY MB. H. STILWELL, GARDENER, FROGMORE, NEAR ST. ALBANS. 



I have read and heard many complaints of this charming Fuchsia 

 being a shy bloomer. I do not find it so under my own management, 

 and I therefore forward the particulars of the treatment pursued. 



In August I strike my cuttings, and in doing so I place them in a 

 cool pit, with a glass over them. When they are rooted, I pot them 

 into 60-sized pots, in the following compost: three parts good mellow 

 fibry-loam, one part of leaf-mould, and one part of good sand, having 

 them well mixed together. I have a good drainage, which I find to be 

 very essential with this Fuchsia, it being a stronger grower than most 

 other kinds. 



I have plants of this Fuchsia from nine inches to six feet high, and 

 some of them bloomed from December to February, and others are now 

 in bloom, some of their flowers only six inches from the pot. I bloom 

 them in 16-sized pots. Why they are complained of and termed shy 

 bloomers is, in my opinion, for want of proper pot-room and a suitable 

 compost. 



When bushy plants are desired, I take off the heads, which induces 

 the production of lateral shoots, and they bloom in summer along with 

 the other kinds. 



