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2133. Pompones, or others to bloom in beds or against walls, may receive 

 the same general treatment in training and watering, &c. It is also a common 

 practice with many to plant out their entire stock, and take up and pot what 

 they require in the beginning of October, This plan succeeds well if the leaves 

 do not wither, as the result of the check of potting. 



C!i34. Where layering is determined upon, the stools are planted out in rich 

 soil, and the branches layered into pots about the beginning of July. Very 

 nice plants with splendid foliage may be procured in this manner. 



2135. But cuttings is the favourite mode of increase by the best cultivators. 

 No plant, unless it be couch-grass, strikes so easily as the chrysanthemum. 

 In any soil, at any season, put a growing branch in any place where it does 

 not freeze nor scorch, and it is almost sure to root. Nearly all growers differ 

 as to the best time for striking these plants. Some cultivators recommend 

 November ; some succeed admirably by inserting them in May. I have long 

 compromised matters between the two extremes by striking mine in March. 

 They are then potted off in April ; shifted into 48's on the 1st of May. Con- 

 tinued in a temperature of 50" for a fortnight ; headed and hardened off, and 

 stood out of doors by the end of May, and receive their final shift a month 

 or six weeks later. By this mode I have never failed to have a good bloom 

 and presentable plants, both essential for conservatory purposes. 



2136. Plant-Stove. — Here the Poinsettia pulcherrima. Euphorbia jac- 

 quiniflora, Begonia nitida, Gesneria cinmabrina, will be lighting up by 

 their dazzling grandeur and enlivening beauty, masses of ferns, palms, and 

 vai'iegated plants. Late caladiums must now be watered with great care, as 

 the bulbs are impatient of damp during winter. Those beginning to go off 

 must have scarcely any water, and as soon as the leaves are matured, it should 

 be entirely withheld, and the pots turned on their sides for the winter. Remove 

 every dead leaf and flower as soon as they appear ; water in the morning for 

 the next three months ; keep a temperatiire of 65° : frequently change the 

 arrangement of the plants, and only admit air in fine weather. 



■2137. Greenhouses occuiDied by heaths, azaleas, &c., not in flower, must be 

 kept cool, dr}", and clean. They may also have more air than the con- 

 servatory, and a temperature of 40" will sufl5ce. 



■2138. Camellias. — Where these have a house devoted to them, they requu-e 

 careful management now. The buds will just be swelling, and a sudden 

 change of temperature, a scarcity or excess of water, or a cutting draught of 

 cold air, will often cause the buds to drop. Be extremely careful not to give 

 an excess of fire-heat when it becomes necessary, and maintain a genial 

 growing atmosphere of 45°. 



2139. Pelargonixims. — The same temperature will suit these during' the 

 month. If worms make their appearance in the pots, water three or four times 

 in succession with clear lime-water. The repetition is necessary to insure 

 their destruction, as these pests seem to have the power of casting their skins 

 when injured, and so escape. But as they cannot carry on this evasive system 

 indefinitely, a few repetitions of the lime will eflectually destroy them. liemove 



