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much as close and damp houses. Should any choice varieties of 

 Azalea iiulica be required for the purjjose of propagation by cuttings, 

 they may be transferred to a temperature 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 esta- 

 blished by the approach of the succeeding winter. Gladioli, Alstrae- 

 meria, Lilium, &c., grown in pots at the end of the month, should 

 be rejiotted. When the weather is damp or foggy do not give air, 

 only let a dry air be admitted. If any of the Oranges, Lemons, &c., 

 have naked or irregular heads, towards the end of the month, if fine 

 mild weather occur, begin to reclaim them to some uniformity by 

 shortening the branches ; by this attention they will break out new 

 shoots upon the old wood, and form a regular head. Tender and 

 small kinds of plants should frequently be examined to have the- sur- 

 face of soil loosened, decayed leaves taken away, or if a portion of a 

 branch be decaying cut it off immediately, or the injury may extend 

 to the entire plant and destroy it. 



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. If seed be desired such plants must 

 not be headed down, and they must be kept in a dry and warm place 

 in the greenhouse to ripen. 



IN THK STOVE. 



All those 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 head. If any of the forced plants be attacked with the green fly, 

 a syringe with diluted tobacco-water will destroy them. If the leaves 

 appear bit, and turn brown (the effect of damage by red spider), a 

 syringe of soap-suds at the under side of the leaves is eftisctual to de- 

 stroy them. The glutinous substance remaining not only kills those it 

 is applied to, but prevents others returning there. The plants best 

 adapted for forcing are various kinds of Roses, Persian Lilacs, Aza- 

 leas, Acacia armata, Neriums. Gardenias, Rhodora, Heliotropes, 

 Correas, Deutzias, Mezereums, Cnronillas, Cytissus, Ribes, Migno- 

 nette, Cinerarias, Sweet Violets, Lily of the Valley, Tulips, Cyclamens ; 

 and the old Eranthemum pulchellum with its fine blue flowers, Jus- 

 ticia speciosa, Gesneriae Zebrina, Justicia pulcherrima, and Apphel- 

 landria cristata, are fine winter ornamental blooming plants. All 

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

 Narcissus, Persian Irises, Crocus^es, &.c., should occasionally be in- 

 troduced, so as to have a succession of bloom. Many persons who 

 take a delight in growing some showy Hyacinths or other bulbous 

 plants for adorning a room or window, &c. in winterer early in spring', 

 have been frequently disappointed by the abortiveness of some and 

 weakness of others. This principally arises from the inability of the 

 plant to develop itself with a rapidity equal to the quantity of mois- 

 ture it imbibes, on account of its upper surface being acted upon too 

 immediately by the atmosphere, &c. ; hence arises the necessity of 



