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lutely required only. By observing these simple rules much damp and 

 frost too is easily withstood. 



In the Greenhouse, &c. — All air, in dry, favourable weather, must 

 be admitted so as just to keep frost out. If damp a gentle fire may be 

 applied when air cannot be admitted. Pelargoniums to be superb spe- 

 cimens should be re-potted into their blooming pots. (Read the several 

 articles on their culture in previous volumes). The surface soil in all 

 pots should be stirred up, it tends to health. Epacris, Correas, Coro- 

 nillas, Acacias, Cinerarias, and other plants will now be coming into 

 bloom, water seldom as possible, but when given, let there be as much 

 as will moisten all the soil. Ericas will still generally be inactive, 

 therefore give but little water as required, and recollect their proper 

 situation is in the most airy part of the house. Camellias, too, should 

 occupy an airy part, and the greatest care taken to keep the soil in an 

 equally moistened medium state, using water of a temperature equal to 

 that of the house ; if these points are neglected it is likely the flower 

 buds will drop. Alstroemerias, Lilium speciosum, and others should 

 be re-potted. Any young plants which have filled their pots with 

 roots should be potted into larger as they require from time to time. 

 If a syringing of the plants over head be really necessary, let it be 

 done in the morning of a day which is likely to be fine, and air be ad- 

 mitted fully. 



IN THE STOVS. 



Old plants of Fuchsia corymbiflora now gently pushed on will come 

 finely into bloom by the first week in May, or if season be fine, earlier. 

 Exotic seeds should now be sown (see articles in former volumes). 

 Successive introductions of plants forced must be brought in, as Roses, 

 Lilacs, Azalea, Acacia, Heliotropes, Correa, Coronilla, Cineraria, 

 Sweet Violets, Cactus, Cyclamen, Gardenia, Justicia, Eranthemum, 

 Honeysuckle, Pinks, Gesneria zebrina, Nerium, Mignonette, &c., and 

 pots or boxes of Hyacinth, Narcissus, Persian Iris, Crocus, so as to 

 have a constant succession of bloom. (See remarks on Hyacinth in 

 January Calendar). All the plants now enumerated are suited, too, for 

 a warm conservatory, and as that usefid appendage is often contiguous 

 to a room they are doubly charming in such a situation at this early 

 season. Orchidaceous plants should be re-potted now, as they may 

 require. Take care that a due proportion of moisture is maintained in 

 the atmosphere, although most of this tribe require to be quite dry at 

 the root during the rest season ; yet they still require a somewhat moist 

 atmosphere. 



DOUBLE FLOWERING STOCKS: 



THEIR PERPETUATION. 

 BY CLEBICUS. 



Much has been said and written upon the subject of raising double 

 flowering Stocks, and after pursuing every method that has been recom- 

 mended, there is unavoidably disappointment in raising from seed. In 

 order to perpetuate the kinds of double Stocks I already possessed, it 



