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stems are plunged in damp moss or water, in a cool, 
moist room. For late autumn cutting, the plants 
should receive occasional soakings of manure- water, 
and be syringed after hot days with tepid soot- 
water, 
CABBAGE AND CAULIFLOWER.—Make another 
of each of these for standing through the 
winter; those of the first sowing will now be read 
for pricking — and this should be attended to at 
once, A planting of Cole worts may still be made, 
pared to protect 
plantings of Lettuce shou 
and a border facing west, 
wall, is one of the best s D for these plants. 
batches of plants should also be put 
the ке should also be put into frames 
HROOM BEDS.—In order 
or of Mushrooms, mate rial 
to have a winter 
is required. 
should consist of goo am, of 
about 13 inch in — — — — if this is from t 
meado 
ood Mushrooms, 
much the it should b be eaten tolerably irm, 
pr in winter the Аҹ should be warmed before 
By W. e WHITE, Orch 
DENDROBIUMS,—By this time a few plants of 
the evergreen section of тйл”, including D. 
s х sotoxum, D. 
thyrsidorum, D. Ó Ko., will be finishing 
; е species continue to root 
for some time after this, ant not allow а lower tempera- 
ture than that of th e Cattleya-house, To plants that 
have complete growth, the supply of fren at 
us dull hat the 
THE ORCHID HOUSES. 
9 Dor king. 
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robiums as D. 
nopsis, D. meres D. Goldieana, D. bigib- 
D. Bensonie, D. taurinum, D. undulatum, 
D. secundum M plants should now 
be p —— hottest house, and if grown aa they should 
and these have become fille 
with ate; they will take almost unlimited supplies 
of water. In * where the 2 ants can be allowed 
a corner of the h 
strong vigorous 
have 
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open, or 
always 
е Cattleya-house, the 
drier atm better. 
venient in 
atmosphere of which vedi suit them 
gay appearance during the dull season. 
They succeed well under treatment similar to that 
given to Dendrobium Phalænopsis 
NTHES.—In order to obtain strong flower- 
— to secure clear and bright flowers, we 
ian 
aring the middle hours of the 
day when the sun " bright, only а very thin pacae 
is needed, but if exposed to the sun in 
finish up а. In the extra light the plants 
icker, and wi ire pl of water at the 
roots, and an rnate waterings with liquid manure- 
The TT section of 
Calanthes are only t half-way through 7 
growing season, anid shou m therefore be treated t 
same as the others were when in full grow 
THE «ee bore GARDEN. 
By BAILEY Wap , Birdsall Gardens, York, 
ROSES. — Attention, should be given to the 
ligatures of budded ocks, loosening these if 
they are causing w^ ribbing of the rind. Buds мү 
ed tocks th e not i 
fit state for budding at an earlier date, The orit 
rains will have rendered easy raise 
The present is a g ime to thin out the blind, 
dug over — the cu 
в it is an expeditious method t 
space, D it firmly, then cut down а охе with 
& perpendicular face, and lay the cuttings against it 
with their tops about | three buds above the ground- 
level, and proc , and on till all 
of the wuw- pé out. 2 border facing 
west is suitab f cutting bed. 
Cattings * Teas, Chinas, and bot Roses 
should be placed in pits or frames where they can 
prote om frost. Where frames & mild 
bottom-heat be commanded, the pro 
0 
propagation may be 4 or 
long, and bey may be dibbled i isto 6 or 3. ат inam 
with sandy loam, These potfuls o 
d be placed in а cool, shaded house — а — 
the wounded — are calloused, and 
then plunged in gentle . When rooted, 
pot them off in small . роб», T ер. PS glass 
mA the spring. If a rose-beds 
to be made, the We: of — the Jm in 
ess for them should be воо hand, 
The . soil is a —ͤ— m, € if the 
staple is not of this nature, some heavy loam should 
be mixed with it, А rose-bed should have a depth 
of at least 18 inaia, be well drained into a * ary 
tenacious, and strong loam and 
which is sandy and light. Hybrid per petual Roses 
should be planted early in the autumn, not waiting 
till every leaf has fallen, if the shoots are well matured. 
the planting is finished, mulch the plants with 
half-rotten le manure, Notes may now be taken 
alterations to be made the rose-beds, Old 
"wir onde А-В, — — 
the gron ng heavily у 
trenched. If plants are introduced, 
should be ke th lves, Make secure any 
trailing shoots of roses 
, pt emse ) 
ing F. before the usual те gee vom 
—— and apply —— or other mildew otes 
mildew be present on any of the 
uthern country. 
— de thoroughly cleaned and sweetened in 
Become Me drier at ehe root 
advance, the tables and shelves thoroughly washed 
with hot soa pauds, an 
re 
state, This lime-wash will «ffect a speedy 
clearance of insects and their eggs, and free the 
rooms of fu efore the fr 
tness into account, 
cut in half—if the pips are brown, the cro 
afely be gathered; or those which on being raised, 
e at one and the same time. 
andarda 
to lengthen ths season as m 
ing a crop from a — at төнен times, as advise 
has also the same e 
AND m lee —The Peach and 
Mig trees should be examined daily, and all 
fruits gathered и». ри е the s " 
laying them on clean soft paper or cotton-wool in a 
cool room till г required for the desse Continue 
ts to full sunlight by tying — or 
ii 
arse elon p so as to clear 
nsects, and at the same od remove copings of 
dry airy ro 
good condition for — days, and they improve ia 
flavour by ay or two after being 
gathered, Bees, wasps, ii flies are very partial to 
A Plums, "xr bein, them in a room, the windows 
which are covered with fine netting, is a better 
”% of йыбы the frui кома. s eros it on the 
trees till required for use, Of e the trees can 
ee rt ү ;ereryone does not possess 
this rather expensive 
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By W.H. Gardener, West Dean Park, Chichester 
8TOVE.—Plants of Pancratium 
fresh po on, divided as 
as чы han have finished буена, Use а сош- 
post of turfy-loam, leaf. 
and include a good quanti ich 
— v ena the soil sweet under the abundance of 
he plants require 3 their growing season. 
frequent dressings wit th some well-tried fertiliser or 
farmyard manure-water while making their growth. 
uring the 
they will oam 2 light. Put in a batch of 
Tradescanti inge = furnis ang purposes during 
winter, and as qo ragin ely the old stock 
may be thrown көнү. ot ow oung plants of 
Dracsnas, Palms, Codisums, andanus, &c., 
that -bound, Take cuttings of Strobi- 
lanthes Dyerianus frequently, as this plant has 
far better colour in a young state €— 
flowering Gesneras should be afforded mall 
quantity of weak manure-water if the piti are 
filled with roots, and they should be pl in a 
rather dry position near the w 
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house stage or in the „ — ion can 
be excluded. 
PLANTS IN FRAMES.—Continue to repot Chinese 
ie нети, а and herbaceous Calceolarias 
as they become ready, and if mah with fly, they 
should be IUe into the greenhouse there fumi- 
gated. It is a dangerous practice No fumigate wed 
plants — in low frames, the leave 
being very liable to get scorched sig esis 
injured, If the мог should become dod or the 
air very moist, mil rmth should be afforded such 
plants as the dabit Bowets d Primulas, settia 
pulcherrima, Libonias, Epiphyllums, Scutellarias, &c. 
