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(*\ a Cattleya labiata. Where these are grown syringe them twice a day, S^J 

 give abundance of water while growing; see that they have blocks of ca 

 wood, which produce serial roots. Renanthera coccinea will do best 

 entirely on wood. The Zygopetalons, Bletia, and Phajius do better 

 in pots of peat and some charcoal. Achimenes must have abundance 

 of water, while growing they can scarcely have too much ; reduce the 

 quantity when they begin to bloom — the flowers are larger and finer. 



A. pedunculata takes less water than the others. Gloxinias, on the 

 other hand, take more water when blooming. 



Continue to propagate all desirable plants ; now is the very best 

 time ; most stove plants strike root readily in road sand which has 

 been washed by rains. A good stock of sume plants should be raised, 

 as Euphorbia jacquinceflora, and Poinsettia — they add much to the in- 

 terest of a stove in winter. Let not the Cactus be forgotten — Epi- 

 phyllums, if they have been grown well in the Summer, and now kept 

 rather dry for a month or two, will be gloriously in bloom at Christ- 

 mas day. Almost all Cactuses delight in having their heads diy and 

 their roots cool and moist. Where they are grown with pans of wa- 

 ter under each pot, and water conveyed to them only this way, they 

 do thrive some. Russelia juncea, that has been grown with abun- 

 dance of moisture, should be kept drier now ; it will bloom handsome- 

 ly in the fall. The same may be said of most fall blooming stove 

 plants. Amongst the new stove plants advertised or for sale by the 

 nurserymen, we note the following as being really desirable : — Bal- 

 samina latifolia, B. repens, Begonia, albo-coccinea, B. cinnabariana, 



B. coccinea, Chirita moonii, Jatropha pandurseflora, Hindsia longiflora, 

 H. violacea, Eranthemum albiflorum, Porphyrocoma lanceolata, Mus- 

 scenda macrophylla, Leianthus longiflorus, L. nigrescens. 



Greenhouse. — Heaths and Epacrises, with other hard-wooded 

 plants, suffer more at this period than at any other in the year — the 

 aridity of our fall atmospheres annoys them. Keep them under glass 

 if possible, with abundance of air, yet shaded from the sun's rays. — 

 The great desideratum in the cultivation of these plants, is moisture 

 in the atmosphere. This can only be under control under glass or 

 cover. Geraniums or Pelargoniums which have done flowering should 

 be put in an airy but shady place out of doors, to ripen their wood ; 

 in about two weeks after, the shoots will be sufficiently ripe for pro- 

 pagating — then the plants may be cut down to within two or three 

 inches of their roots, or from where they were cut down the preceding 

 year. Orange trees will require an abundance of water while grow- 

 ing ; horn shavings or farrier's hoof parings act magically on them as 

 a top dressing. Towards the end of the month sow Mignionette, Rho- ) 

 danthe Manglesii, Phlox Drummondii, and other handsome annuals A 

 that may be desirable to bloom in Winter. It should be the aim ofG\ 



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