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desired. The plants should be removed to the front of the green- 

 house, or to some light, airy situation, where they will be secure 

 from frost and damp. As before stated, keep them free from insects 

 and mildew, and remove any decaying leaves as they appear. When 

 the flower-stems begin to elongate, they should be pegged or tied 

 out, so as to keep the specimens open for the admission of light and 

 air ; and manure water will be highly beneficial at this stage. When 

 the plants are in flower, they should occupy an airy place, where 

 they will receive abundance of light without being exposed to the 

 full force of the forenoon's sun ; but this applies only to plants 

 flowering after the sun becomes powerful in spring. Those bloom- 

 ing in winter like full exposure to the little sunshine and light 

 which can then be afforded them. Where specimens are wished to 

 flower in winter, cuttings should be selected about April, planted in 

 light sandy soil, placed in a temperature of about 55°, and grown as 

 freely as possible during the summer and autumn, and allowed 

 to become pot-bound towards November, when, if placed in a 

 temperature of 50°, they will be found to flower freely, and will 

 be exceedingly useful for furnishing cut flowers. Seeds sown in 

 April produce useful plants for winter-flowering, as they grow more 

 vigorously during the summer. When the beauty of the specimens 

 is over, remove the flower stems, unless seed is wanted, and then 

 only a few spikes need be left. Place the plants in a shady situa- 

 tion, and keep them clear of insects and properly supplied with 

 water until a supply of suckers is obtained, when the old plants 

 may be thrown away. Good fresh turfy loam, in the proportion of 

 two parts to one of two-years-old cowdung, well intermixed with a 

 quantity of clean, sharp sand, according to the nature of the loam, 

 to insure sufficient drainage, forms an excellent compost for the 

 Cineraria. For small plants, leaf-soil or sandy peat may be substi- 

 tuted for the cowdung. 



CULTUKE OF THE PELARGONIUM. 



BY A CONTRIBUTOR. 



||ELARGONIUMS, even in good establishments in diffe- 

 rent parts of the country, are often very indifferently 

 managed; and as the following is a method by which 

 first-rate specimens may be produced, I have ventured 

 to furnish it. I prepare the soil of an open border 

 about the middle of July (this year I shall be a little later) and 

 plant my cuttings. The situation chosen is exposed to the sun 

 during the middle of the day. In about six weeks, the cuttings will 

 be sufficiently rooted to remove, and I put them in three-inch pots. 

 To prevent the worms getting into the pots, they are placed on a 

 temporary stage, and allowed to remain in a shady situation about 

 three weeks, by which time the plants will be well-established, and 

 bear removing to a more exposed spot, where, under the influence 



