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apart, the larger kinds at from two to three inches apart), and plunge in a gentle 

 bottom-heat of about 75° or 80°, and a top-heat of from 60° to 65°, with a rise 

 from sunshine. No sun must touch the leaves, or those of the caladiums cither, 

 when damp. Air should be given early ; for if there is confined moist air in the 

 place, and the sun strikes on the plants, the leaves will be spotted to a certainty. 

 When hardened off for conservatory, they will not be so easily afiected. Achi- 

 menes for late work may be grown well in a cold pit after the end of May. 



Culture of Roses in Pots im Greenhouses. — The best roses for 

 greenhouse culture are tlic fmcr varieties of the China and tea-scented ; the 

 latter especially, on account of their peculiar and delightful fragrance; but the 

 Bourbons and hybrid perpetuals must be included. The following varieties I 

 have found good : — 



China. — Madame Breon, Mrs. Bosanquet, Triomphe de Gand, Prince 

 Charles, Henri Cinq, La Scduisante, Infidelites de Lisette, Louis Philippe, Na- 

 poleon, Clara Sylvian (generally classed with the Tea-scented), and Fabvier. 



Tca-sccnted. — Goubault, Homere, Devoniensis, Abricotc, Buret, Adam, Baril- 

 Iet-D2schamp3, Comte de Paris, filise Sauvage, Caroline, Le Cameleon, Lays, 

 Madame Bravy, Madame Maurin, Madame J. Halphen, Safrano, Victoire, Sou- 

 venir d'un Ami, Niphetos, Madame William, Marechal Niel, and the finest 

 scented of all teas, the original of this family, Rosa indica odorata. 



Bourbons. — Souvenir de Malmaison, Baron Gonella, Acidalie, Queen of the 

 Bourbons, Emotion, Marquis de Balbiano, Reveil, Vorace, Souchet, Rev. H. 

 Dombrain, Louise Margottin, and Catherine Guillot. , 



The hybrid psrpetuals, not to be overlooked, are Lord Macaulay, Lord Clyde, 

 John Hopper, Lord Palmerston, Due de Cazes, Due de Rohan, Francois La- 

 charme, Gloire de Santenay, Charles Lefebvre, Caroline de Sansal, Madame 

 Furtado, Duchesse de Morny, Madame Alfred de Rougemont, Madame Boutin, 

 Louise Magnan, Louis XIV., Senateur Vaisse, Pierre Notting, Monte Christo, 

 Virginale, William Griffiths, Comte de Nanteuil, Marechal Vaillant, Madame W- 

 dot, Baronne Pelletan de Kinkelih, Alfred de Rougemont, and Prince Leon. 



All the above are good roses, and, for greenhouse culture, should be on their 

 own roots. Most, if not all, of the kinds named, are kept in stock by our prin- 

 cipal nursery-men in twenty four or six inch pots, of a size fit for this mode of 

 culture ; the cultivator being thereby saved a year in the preparation of the plants. 

 Those, however, who wish to prepare their own plants, should procure them in 

 spring, not later than May ; and if in small pots, as they usually are, they may 

 be at once placed in pots six inches in diameter, in a compost of loam and leaf- 

 mould, in equal parts, with a free admixture of sharp sand, amounting to about 

 one-sixth of the whole. The pots should be drained to one-third their depth 

 with crocks ; and, in potting, the ball should be gently pressed to loosen it, which 

 is desirable. 



After potting, the plants should have a good watering, and be set on slates, or 

 a hard bottom, in an open, warm, sunny situation. The intervals between the 

 pots should be filled with ashes ; in other words, the pots should be plunged to 

 the rim. The i:)lants should be frequently syringed, especially in the evenings 



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