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keeping it moist and warm, or dry and airy, according as the 

 growth may show to be necessary. It will also be beneficial to 

 throw a slight shade over the glass for a few hours on the forenoons 

 of bright days, but this should not be used except when absolutely 

 necessary, and ought to be discontinued early in autumn. Attend 

 to shifting as may be necessary to afford space for the roots, and 

 regulate the last shift for the season, with a view to have the pots 

 moderately well-filled with roots before winter, and stop and tie out 

 the shoots so as to maintain a close compact habit of growth. 

 Growth should not be encouraged late in autumn, but the specimens 

 should be gradually inured to full exposure to sunshine, and a free 

 circulation to air, in order to ripen up the young wood and prepare 

 it for winter. The same treatment must be pursued the following 

 spring, cutting back the shoots sufficiently early in the season to 

 maintain a close bushy habit, and shifting as may be necessary ; but 

 if the specimens are intended to bloom in autumn, stopping must 

 not be practised after May. When in bloom the specimens will do 

 very well in a quiet corner of the greenhouse, but avoid exposing 

 them to sudden changes of temperature, and maintain a dry atmo- 

 sphere to prolong the beauty of the blossoms. 



VERONICA ANDERSONI. 



fHIS handsome Speedwell is certainly one of the most 

 useful plants we have for autumn and winter decoration. 

 It blooms very freely, its long spikes of charming flowers 

 afford a long succession, and it is as easily cultivated as 

 any of the older species. Cuttings of the firm pieces 

 of the young wood root very freely, and if taken off the plants early 

 in summer, inserted in Bandy soil, placed in a shady part of a 

 moderately warm house, and after potting singly, afforded a cold 

 frame, they will make nice plants in six-inch pots in the course of 

 the season. The young plants maybe wintered either in the green- 

 house, in a cold frame, or wherever they can be protected from 

 frost, and afforded all the light and air possible ; beyond which, and 

 a proper supply of water, they will require very little attention at 

 this season. 



When growth commences, which will probably be the case 

 about the middle of March, give a liberal shift — say into pots two 

 sizes larger than those in which the plants have been wintered, and 

 place them in the closest part of the house or pit, to encourage the 

 roots to strike into the fresh soil. If the plants are bushy, with 

 several shoots each, as they should be,do not stop at present, but peg 

 or tie out the stronger branches in a regular manner, bringing them 

 down as near the surface of the soil as can well be done with safety, 

 when the points of the shoots will turn up, giving air freely on fine 

 days, and maintaining a moist atmosphere, syringing overhead on 

 the mornings and evenings of fine days, which will be of great service 

 towards inducing the production of short-jointed healthy wood. If 



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