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only on brisk, dry days, when the house can be at the same 

 time freely aired and the temperature kept up. Chrysan- 

 themums should have plenty of room and air, and also an 

 almost daily dose of liquid manure. 



Cold Pits and Frames. Plants in these will require con- 

 stant attention, both as to giving air and preventing damp. 

 When, during bad weather, the sashes cannot be taken off,, 

 air should be given by tilting the front of one sash and the 

 back of the other, alternately. See that no decayed leaves 

 are allowed to remain on Calceolarias, Pelargoniums, Ver- 

 benas, or other soft-wooded plants wintered in frames or 

 pits. Verbenas are very subject to mildew, and a sharp 

 look-out for its appearance should be kept. Immediately 

 on the first trace being observed, dust with sulphur. 



June. Whenever the weather is mild and dry, give 

 plenty of air, but not in a way to create draughts or currents > 

 water cautiously, but at the same time thoroughly, but avoid 

 wetting the leaves. Fires may be lighted occasionally, but 

 only to expel damp, and this only on fine, dry, brisk days, 

 when, at the same time, air can be given freely. Decayed 

 leaves and flowers should be promptly removed. Remove 

 Chrysanthemum blooms as they decay, and the plants them- 

 selves as they go out of flower, and place them out of doors \ 

 encourage later blooming specimens with liquid manure, 

 light, air, and water. Zonale Geraniums in flower should 

 be kept well up to the light, and should be helped to- 

 occasional doses of soot -water, or other mild stimulant. 

 Cinerarias and Chinese Primroses coming into flower should 

 be brought forward to where they will have plenty of air and 

 light, and have occasionally a little weak manure-water given 

 them. Camellias in flower will require to be well supplied 

 with water, provided the drainage is good, and the soil not 

 sour or saturated. Clear soot-water agrees particularly well 

 with Camellias, and forms a wholesome stimulant, provided 

 the pots be full of roots. Herbaceous Calceolarias and 

 Cinerarias may be shifted into their blooming pots. They 

 like a liberal shift and rich feeding as soon as the pots get 

 well filled with roots. It will not be amiss to remark that, 

 before re-potting, care should be taken to see that there is no 

 green fly on the foliage. If there be, its riddance should be 

 effected in the first instance before re-potting. Pelargoniums 



