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winter, and must be dealt with in like manner. But all 

 these fade into insignificance when compared to the pest of 

 the house, the red spii'er, This dangerous foe requires early 

 attention, A small magnifying glass will discover it, like a 

 grain of red sand, slowly walking over the under side of the 

 leaves. But, after a little sad practice, one glance at the yel- 

 low spots on the upper surface of the leaf is enough. This 

 disaster arises generally from confined and heated air, and 

 insufficient syringing. Indeed I found that near the ventila- 

 tors, — I mean those at the top, where the air is rarified by its 

 ascent, — and at tlie very lowest parts of the stems, wliere it 

 was difficvdt to apply the syringe, and behind even a slight 

 pillar, three inclies in thickness, which screened a few leaves 

 from the sliower of water, — in these three places alone, did 

 the red spider first come, and was so rigidily syringed down 

 that he made little further progress. But the Gishurst com- 

 pound is an excellent cure, and not dear to purchase, say two 

 ounces per gallon of rain loater. Syringe the afflicted parts 

 well ; or, I should say, vnder them, because it is often by 

 syringing above the leaves in a graceful manner that the only 

 efficient way of watering the under portions, luhere the insects 

 are, is neglected. With these precautions, and avoiding this 

 sprinkling when the sun is on the leaves, (so as not to burn 

 them into holes,) the amateur may be at peace. 



I always followed Mr. Rivers's directions in planting pretty 

 closely, and wish now to add, that it is of much importance 

 to pot early, even just as the leaves are falling, because the 

 trees are less checked. In October and November, then, let 

 the bush or pyramid trees, &c., be potted very firmly with 

 plenty of drainage and calcareous matter, good loam and 

 very old manure. The whole should be firmly beaten into 

 the pots, and some loose manure suffered to lie on the sur- 

 face. Then give a good watering or two, and let them rest 

 without water, unless the roots shrivel during the winter 

 months. The orcliard-house is then supposed to be gay with 

 chrysanthemums for which it is extremely well adapted. 

 Hange the trees neatly side by side at the lower end of the 



