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[SxerEMazn 7, 1895, 
store & great quantity through the winter season, and 
thus heated glass st 
serve them as they are for most bedding p 
Seedlings are best for bedding, making robust and 
free-growing ara and these can be raised easily 
and in great numbers. Prick out into boxes and 
transplant in fra ibe or in sheltered places outdoors, 
I generally plant out in frames, and after the plants 
are well into growth, throw off the lights entirely, 
when they will flower freely in the autumn. 
If certain colours are required, now is the time to 
select them, and ы any choice varieties present them- 
selves, they can be marked for pot culture the follow- 
ing season, or ra up and carefully potted whilst in 
ower. 
In autumn, previous to the occurrence of cold 
Pueri or heavy raina, the lighta can be put on to 
1% , and 
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wp when turning yellow at the top, or before frosts 
appea 
I like to dry the bulbs thoroughly after taking 
them up, and then to store them thickly in 
cutting-boxes, crowns uppermost, with some fine dry 
soil under and over the bulbs. 
which does not fall below 40° in winter. 
quantity can be stored in this way, as the boxes, if 
of the same size, can be piled one on the other. 
In March, rena. over the tubers, and discard any 
parts 
d sand, giving 
the bulbs room enough to GR UA poa a ball of 
earth at bedding-time, and just covering the bulbs 
with soil, 
I find here in the south on the undercliff those for 
bedding do not require to be started in heat; and if 
put into ms house where heat can be turned on 
in cold and frosty weather, they will be quite for- 
ward enough by the end of May. Care is req 
in the watering of these. of potted 
plants, to avoid water settling in the crowns, 
In preparing the beds, fork in light and gritty 
soil, such as leai-mould, road-grit (if the staple is 
heavy), and well-decayed manure (cow-manure if the 
if the weather is fine, they can be safely bedded out 
from the boxes, which are preferable to potted plants, 
as they lift from the boxes, with а mat of fibrous 
roots, and if meli y handled receive no check, 
Never let them aie for want of water, When in 
fall growth they revel in a good drenching, as last 
year, 1894, being а wet season, Begonias stood out 
in their glory, whilst the zonal Pelargoniums made 
but а poor show. They continue to flower until the 
autumn win frost put an end to further 
бон, эма they must de euh up and dried off, 
Ixszors, 
The Begonias are not much subject nsect 
but greenfly is sometimes veg agri 
ап atmosphere, Pot- 
plants are sometimes infested with a kind of rust on 
dhe stems and leaves, os d Net growers say is a 
detected or денеге will soon ruin them. 
the same grub often found eating ai Primulas, 
Cyclamen, and jin everig retusa, It is the larva of 
the бше sulcatus, a brownish, ath weevil, 
about half an inch in length, and when disturbed, 
closes itself somewhat, and appears inactive. It can 
be caught at night when feeding. It will also eat the 
shoots and bunches of the Vine, &c.; and if in any 
quantity they do a great deal of mischief, е gru 
also n. into the Vine and Peach borders, and eats 
the 
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FRUIT REGISTER. 
THE SPITZENBERG APPLE. 
Tur Spitzenberg Apple always brings а better 
price per barrel than others, and the question was 
recently asked of the conductors why it was that, as 
this Apple brought а higher price, more of them were 
not grown, and by thus well stocking the market 
with them, bring the price down. This is a question 
which could be answered only by those who grow 
this Apple. Some say that the reason why it is 
grown at all is that it comes DE market at a time 
when other varieties are scarce; white others con- 
tastes, is w i appreciation, 
seem that only orchardists can answer this question. 
Meehans’ Monthly for August. 
Beurré CraigGEAU PEAR 
Among the higher classes of fruits, as well as 
a and other small fruits, there are 
wh 
continue in popu avour for a long 
Pears, one of the comparatively old 
Clairgeau, ill i 
mended it, as well as good colour and comparatively 
high flavour. Meehans' Monthly for August, 
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suspended —— to the roof- glass. 
only of peat and sphagaum-moss is е ares for 
to root in, and this should oe 
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other times also a little 6^ ota be admitted, 
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