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they may remain till the middle or end of October, when they 

 should be removed to a pit to prepare them for flowering. Previous 

 to their removal, the pots should be washed, and the plants neatly- 

 tied up. Where charcoal can be had.it will be found of great 

 utility in the pot culture of rose?, broken to the size of nuts, and 

 about one-fifth mixed with the soil ; the roots delight to ramble 

 through it, and the foliage becomes of a richer and darker green ; 

 the surface of the soil must have frequent stirrings. The plauts 

 must be carefully examined, and whenever infested by green-fly, the 

 latter should be destroyed by tobacco smoke. 



Roses in pots are wonderfully benefited by a watering of manure- 

 water now and then. This water is very easily prepared. Let 

 droppings from the stable or cow-house be put into a large tub or 

 barrel, with water kept over them for a week or two, occasionally 

 stirriDg it up ; the water may then be poured or drawn off for use. 

 Guano water also makes a good manure. A quarter of a pound of 

 guano in three gallons of water, frequently stirred before usiug, will 

 be found very nourishing ; indeed, one pound to sixteen gallons 

 will be strong enough to use by the inexperienced, for if used much 

 stronger than I have stated, it would injure plants in pots. In the 

 open ground any of these liquids may be used stronger and rather 

 more frequently. 



STYLIDIUM FASCICTTLATUM. 



HEN found in the shape of large, well-managed specimens, 

 with small bright, pinkish blossoms, nearly hiding the 

 foliage, this Stylidium has a very cheerful and pleasing 

 appearance, altogether different from that of the mass 

 of plants which bloom at the same season. 

 Although rather delicate, and very liable to suffVr from improper 

 treatment, especially from excess of moisture at the root, yet if 

 potted in a rich, porous soil, through which water can readily pass, 

 and otherwise carefully managed, it will be found to grow freely, 

 and to soon form useful sized specimens. 



Cuttings made of firm bits of the young wood planted in sandy, 

 peaty soil, covered with a glass, and placed in a very gentle bottom- 

 heat, root freely. "When just rooted sufficiently to bear handling, 

 they should be potted singly in small pots, and kept rather close and 

 moist till they have been established, when they may be inured to 

 more light and air, in order to induce growth of a healthy character. 

 Beginners, however, who can afford to buy healthy plants from the 

 nursery had better do so ; for this, like other plants of a somewhat 

 delicate nature, requires more attention to propagate it successfully 

 than munv amateurs might be inclined to give it. 



In order to be able to produce large specimens, one or two 

 season's growth will be necessary before they are allowed to blossom. 

 Plants procured at the present time may ba induced to make con- 

 siderable progress before the end of the growing seison. They 



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