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to flower in December. Every alternate sash is removed 

 from the eleven feet wide greenhouse, so that they have 

 almost full exposure to the open air. The same plan is 

 adopted in those greenhouses where Chrysanthemums are 

 now planted out from five inch pots, at one foot apart> 

 for fall flowering. 76 80. 



21th. Repotted Stevia compacta, and other winter-* 

 blooming plants. 74 76. 



28th. Layered in two-inch pots Roses of some new 

 sorts that are scarce. There is little loss in layering Roses 

 if it is done in small pots sunk in the soil. The practice 

 is now nearly done away with in all large establishments. 

 66 74. 



29th. The same. 



30th. Shifted Cyclamens and Primroses, and thinned 

 out the Primroses, spreading them over a larger surface, 

 to admit air around the pots. 68 74. 



31st. Pinched out the points of the shoots of Chrys- 

 anthemums that were planted out on the 3d and 25th 

 inst., to make them bushy. 70 -74 



AUGUST. 



1st. Second planting of Tuberoses in the manner done 

 on the 25th ultimo. Will endeavor to retard this lot by 

 keeping the soil as dry as possible, the great object being 

 to delay the flowering until January. 72 78. 



3d. The same. 



ttli. The same. 72 78. 



5th. To-day we pot dry roots of Tuberoses, placing 

 them in a cool shed and keeping them dry. They can 

 be thus kept in a shed for ten or twelve days, after which 

 they must be exposed to the open air, but will still be kept 

 as dry as possible until they begin to grow. They will be 

 thus kept in pots (two roots in a six-inch pot,) until there 

 is danger of frost, when they will be planted out in soil 

 on the benches os the others are. The object of pot- 



