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grower?, tbat the operation of syringing, if dexterously performed, 

 ought scarcely to allow of any amount of water to fall upon the soil. 

 Too often the operation is so performed as to equal in its effect a 

 partial watering of the entire plants. 



In the Ixia border, or bed, should harm he anticipated from heavy 

 rains during winter, it should be averted by olacing boards upon an 

 inclined plane over each bed, etc. In the pits or frames avoid giving 

 water if possible on the approach of severe frost. The drier the 

 surfaces of plants and soils, in which they are grown, the greater is 

 their safety from, and power to resist, extreme cold and frost. A 

 medium and prepared state is the best in case of long abstinence 

 from light. During dry, cold and parching winds, avoid exposure of 

 the plants to their direct influence by ventilMting or admitting the 

 air opposite to the current ; and to avoid the effect of strong sunlight, 

 the blooming plants would, from the period of manifesting such, be 

 greatly benefited by being replunged in decayed tan, within a frame 

 placed in a direct north aspect, from whence, as the blooms were 

 about to expand, they might be removed to the show-house or con- 

 servatory. Where this removal to a cool aspect is impracticable, a 

 slight screen or shade with canvas would mitigate the excess of strong 

 light. In the greenhouse similar precautions may be used as to 

 syringing, etc., and if placed upon the part of the platform where 

 the sunlight falls obliquely upon the plants, the better. After the 

 season's growth is matured, by encouraging the growth of the leaves 

 after blooming, the watering should be gradually withheld ; and as 

 the foliage becomes generally discoloured from cessation of growth 

 the pots should be removed to a dry frame, all further moisture 

 being withheld, and allowed to rest a few weeks under strong sun- 

 light, with lights over them, to enable the bulbs to elaborate their 

 accumulated secretion of sap necessary for the next season's bloom, 

 from whence they may be removed to any dry airy place until 

 October and November, the most suitable period for being re-excited 

 to growth. 



EMBELLISHMENTS OF THE GARDEN. 



(ConUnued from page 314.) 



HERE paths diverge, or where the lawn is too open, or 

 where some distant object requires a framing as the eye 

 falls upon it, an arch or arcade is often of great value. 

 An embellishment of this kind may be very speedily made 

 by means of a few stout tree loppings, the rougher and 

 more gnarled the better ; or where a couple of limes or alders stand in 

 a position ready for the work, the saw and bill may be set to work to 

 give them the required form, and one season's growth will obliterate 

 any stillness of outline that might result from a want of skill in the 

 operation, h would be worth while in laying out grounds to plant 



November. 



