1 88 Notes and Gleanings. 



Azaleas after flowering. — Azaleas after flowering should be repotted 

 if they require it, be placed in a house with a gentle heat, and have frequent 

 syringings and a moist atmosphere, with a moderate amount of air, in order to 

 encourage free growth. Continue them in the house until a good growth has 

 been made ; then they should have abundance of air, and a situation well ex- 

 posed to the light. Supply them with plenty of water, and keep them under 

 glass until the buds are set, which you may know by feeling the points of the 

 shoots. Those which have set for bloom will feel as if there were a hard knot 

 in them ; but, if there are no bloom-buds, the points of the shoots will be soft 

 and empty. They may then be placed out of doors if the season admits : take 

 them in towards the close of September, and place them in a light and airy situ- 

 ation in a greenhouse from which frost is merely excluded, giving plenty of 

 air. It is better to retain the plants under glass after the buds are set, keeping 

 them in a cool, well-ventilated structure. 



Cyanophyllum magnificum Propagation. — This plant is propagated by 

 cuttings ; the tops of the shoots being taken off below the second joint, not 

 counting the extreme point. Cut them across below the lowest joint, and 

 remove the lowest pair of leaves. Drain a pot well, and fill it to three-fourths 

 its depth with a compost of sandy peat two-thirds, and one-third sandy loam, 

 then to the rim with silver sand. A hole is then made in the centre of the pot, 

 the cutting inserted to the joint next above that at which it was cut over, and 

 the hole around the cutting filled with sand. A gentle watering should then be 

 given, and the pot plunged in a hotbed of from seventy to seventy-five degrees, 

 and covered with a bell-glass. Shade from bright sun ; and with a brisk heat, 

 and the soil kept moist, but not wet, the cutting will be well rooted in about six 

 weeks, and should be hardened off, potted, and grown on. 



Flower-Pots. — The following are the technical names, and their sizes in 

 inches : Thimbles and thumbs ; any size under three inches diameter at the 

 top. 



Width of top Depth in Old 



in inches. inches. Name. 



Three-inch pot ...... 3 4 6o's. 



Five-inch S S 48's. 



Six-inch 6 6 32's. 



Eight-inch 8 8 24's. 



Nine-iuch 9 9 i6's. 



Eleven-inch 11 10 i2's. 



Twelve-inch ....... 12 11 8's. 



Thirteen-inch 13 12 6's. 



Fifteen-inch 13 13 4's. 



Eighteen-inch 18 14 a's. 



