On the Autumn treatment of Grecn-housc Plants. 41 1 



depends entirely its future excellence. As soon as the flowers 

 have faded, the stem may be cut oft'just above the bulb; good 

 suj)plies of water should be administered, and leaves will begin 

 to put forth; in the course of two or three months they will 

 have acquired their full size, and watering should then be 

 gradually diminished until the foliage is completely dried up. 

 During the period of their growth the plants should be placed 

 in a sunny situation, and as near the glass as convenient. 



When the bulbs have completed their growth, which will 

 probably be in the month of February or March, they should 

 be placed away on a dry shelf, turning the pots upon their 

 sides, but not -shaking out the bulbs. Here they may remain 

 until the month of August or September, when the operation 

 of repotting should commence again. 



Grown in the manner here recommended, the beautiful Bel- 

 ladonna lily may be seen rearing its head of pale rosy flowers 

 among the iew plants, which at that season of the year, when 

 the lively tints of summer are changing to the sombre hues of 

 autumn, are so desirable in every choice collection. 



Art. VI. Observations on the Autumn treatment of Green- 

 house Plants. By A. Saul, Foreman in the Botanic Gar- 

 den and Nurseries of A. J. Downing & Co., Nevvburgh, 

 N. Y. 



Sir, — Having observed (what appears to me,) a very bad 

 practice in the autumn management of the green -house, pre- 

 vailing to a considerable extent, among amateur cultivators, 

 and in places under the care of persons not professional gar- 

 deners, I wish, through the medium of your Magazine, to draw 

 the attention of those to the subject, whom it more immediate- 

 ly concerns. 



In the first place, persons generally (I mean the class of 

 persons above referred to,) are in too great a hurry, on tiie 

 first appearance of a cold night in the early part of September, 

 to house all their plants indiscriminately. 



In the next place, they keep their houses too close imme- 



