264 PRACTICAL F1ORICOXTURE. 



Cineraria, to produce young shoots to be taken for cut- 

 tings, a month or so later. 69 74. 



19th. The same. 72 75. 



2Qth. Budded Roses and potted off in 2-inch pots the 

 Verbena cuttings that were put in on the 10th and 12th 

 inst. Result excellent. No fire heat has as yet been used 

 in propagating. 68 70. 



22d. Planted those Bouvardias that were potted on the 

 9th inst., on the benches of the green-house. They are 

 taken from the pots and planted in 6 inches of soil, at a 

 distance of from 8 to 12 inches apart, or near enough for 

 the plants to touch. The distance apart is regulated by 

 the size of the plants. Began to propagate second and 

 largest lot of Verbenas, being rather safer at this date 

 than the previous ones of the 10th and 12th, on account 

 of a general lower temperature. Gathered Verbenas, 

 Salvias, and other flower seeds, that are in better state 

 now than they were two weeks ago. 52 52. 



23 The same as yesterday. 42 51. 



24th. Put in main crop of Verbena cuttings from open 

 ground at this date. Fumigated green-houses for the 

 first time this season ; will continue to do so at least 

 twice every week until the green-houses are again empty 

 of plants, the order being that aphis or green fly must 

 never be seen. 43 55. 



25th. Lifted Carnations with balls of earth from the 

 open ground, and planted them in 5 or 6 inches of soil on 

 the benches of the green-houses for winter flowering. "We 

 are enabled to lift them in this way from the peculiarity of 

 our soil, which is stiff and clayey ; on most soils this prac- 

 tice would not be practicable ; if the soil did not adhere 

 to the roots it would be necessary to first pot them, as in 

 the case of Bouvardias. Put in cuttings of Variegated 

 and Zonale Geraniums for main crop. 58 60. 



26th. Continued putting in Verbena and other cut 



