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above, giving them a good watering, and shading them from the hot sun, for 

 about a fortnight, with garden mats, putting the lights on at night. A good 

 thickness of short dung should be applied round the outside of the frame 

 to keep out the frost, which must never be allowed to get to the plants. A 

 few with good balls may be taken up, even when in full flower, large enough 

 to fill an eight-inch pot, to stand in the drawing-room. By acting on the 

 above plan a continual supply of this favorite flower may be had from No- 

 vember till March. The Camellia may be propagated by cuttings, but the 

 usual nursery practice is to graft or inarch on stocks of the single red and 

 middlemist red varieties. Cuttings of these root freely, provided they are 

 taken off in a properly ripened state. After being prepared, and potted in 

 very sandy soil and watered, they should be placed in a cold frame till cic- 

 atrized, and then introduced into gentle bottom heat, where they will soon 

 form roots. — (Gard. Chron.) 



Healing Paint for Decayed Branches, or Snags, in Forest 

 AND OTHER Trees. — Dissolvo two ouncos of corrosive sublimate in spirits 

 of wine and mix with three pints of best tar. The decayed parts to be 

 pared off" or gouged out below the level of the surrounding sound bark, and 

 the wound well painted over with the avobe. All limbs that require remov- 

 al should be cut off close to the trunk, or larger branch, and treated in the 

 same way. — (Gard, Chron.) 



Management of Bulbs after Flowering. — Important points in the 

 art of cultivating bulbs well are putting them to rest at the proper time, and 

 while they are still in a growing state to place them so near the light, and 

 to afford such a supply of air and water, as will enable them to bring their 

 leaves to perfection, and elaborate the greatest amount of sap. The man- 

 agement of bulbs is, in general, but imperfect; and the importance of at- 

 tending to these points, viz., the perfecting the leaves, and the putting the 

 bulbs into and keeping them during a proper time in a state of rest, cannot 

 be too much insisted upon. Bulbous-rooted plants associate almost as ill 

 with all others as succulents do ; and therefore whenever a good collection 

 is kept, they are worthy of a house being entirely devoted to their culture. 

 When dormant, they like nearly the same degree of heat, provided they are 

 kept dry, as they do when they are growing. — (Gard. Chron.) 



Rhododendron glaucum. — The magnificence that we are taught to 

 expect, and which we shall doubtless find in the flowers of some of the spe- 

 cies of Sikkim Rhododendrons, will, I fear, induce many to overlook 

 the claims of other humbler, but nevertheless useful and interesting kinds. 

 Among the latter is glaucum, a neat, compact plant, growing. Dr. Hooker 

 tells us, on its native ridges, about two feet high. Its leaves are small, pale 

 green above, but beautifully glaucous beneath — so much so that they ap- 

 pear coated with a film of silver leaf. The plant is very hardy in our cli- 



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