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roots become matted ; much injury is often done by deferring until a 

 general shifting. Camellias, such as have formed their flower-buds, 

 should be placed in a sheltered and shady situation out of doors. 

 Ericas should have the ends of their shoots pinched off, to render them 

 bushy and spreading. Climbing plants should be neatly tied as they 

 advance in growth, and abundance of flowers will be the result. 

 Shrubby plants of weak growth, and which naturally make long frail 

 shoots, are much improved by bending down the branches, and fixing 

 them to a wire attached to the rim of the pot ; in this manner the 

 nakedness of the plant at its base is hidden, and the check imposed on 

 the ascent of sap will induce an increased supply of shoots. 



Pelargoniums. — Never allow the plants to flag, or the bottom leaves 

 will turn yellow, and the plants then become naked. Put cow, horse, 

 and sheep dung in equal parts, with a sprinkling of quick lime into a 

 tub, and to one peck of these add five gallons of rain or other soft 

 water. When taking it for use draw it off clear, and give the plants 

 a watering twice a-week. Give air freely, shut up early, and syringe 

 the plants overhead three times a week till the flowers expand. Now 

 strike cuttings of the scarlet class of Pelargoniums, as Compactum, 

 Gem, Queen, Royal Dwarf, &c, and when rooted pot off, which by 

 the autumn will fill their pots with roots, and being what is termed 

 pot-bound, they will bloom during the winter season. 



Calceolarias. — Keep the lower side shoots pegged down ; it will 

 induce roots to push up the stems. Fumigate occasionally to keep 

 down the green fly. 



Azaleas. — When done blooming the growth must be promoted, see 

 Articles upon culture. 



Watering. — At this season increasing attention is requisite; care 

 must be taken that the entire ball of soil is made moist, particularly 

 with the plants grown in sandy peat or sandy loam ; a few holes made 

 by means of an iron pin clown through the ball will admit water into 

 its interior. 



WEIGELIA ROSEA. 



BY A. Z. 



Last spring I had a fine specimen of this new shrub growing in a 

 small bed on my lawn ; and in consequence of its becoming too large, 

 I had the branches shortened one-half their length : the result was the 

 production of a profusion of new shoots. I thinned away a portion, 

 leaving a due supply to furnish the plant ; and the effect of this cut- 

 ting in, &c, was, the plant bloomed in a much superior manner to what 

 it had ever done previously. This spring I pruned in what other 

 plants I had ; and now they are pushing admirably vigorous, and I 

 doubt not will bloom superior to what they have hitherto done. Cut 

 them in, as is done to the Rose, every spring, and improvement will 



ensue. 



