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(r> receive too much water. To have fine specimens of single plants, r©) 

 g° they may be pinched in occasionally. I have had a single plant of T) 

 A. peduncularis by this system three feet high and two feet in diame- 

 ter. Where there is not the convenience of a moist stove, they will 

 do well in a greenhouse. As soon as the flowers show signs ot ceas- 

 ing to be produced, water may be gradually withheld till the shoots 

 die down, when the pots may 'be stored away till the next spring in 

 any dry place secure from frost. To be brought forth in early spring, 

 shake the bulbs or scaly roots out of the old soil, rejecting those too 

 weak to form flowering specimens, and repot in the compost recom- 

 mended. Many gardeners prefer using a large proportion of rich 

 loamy soil, and have produced fine specimens, with a profusion of 

 bloom in pans. For the information of amateurs, a list of choice 

 Achimenes is added : 



Achimexes — longiflora, alba; major; grandiflora; pedunculata; picta; 

 hirsuta; patens; pyropcea; ocellata; Skinnerii; Hillii Kewensis; glox- 

 iniseflora. 



Window and Yard Gardening. 



Mk. Editor : — To show the interest I take in the welfare of the 

 " Florist," and in the diffusion of gardening knowledge, 1 undertake, 

 at your request, to furnish a few monthly hints on the above subjects. 

 I do so, however, with much diffidence, being confident that 1 can 

 acquit myself better with a spade than a pen in hand. 1 also doubt 

 whether I will be able to suggest an idea that would improve many of 

 the floral pets to be seen in out-of-the-way corners in this city. I oc- 

 casionally get a glimpse of specimens that would be an ornament, if 

 not a model, to some of the best collections of plants ; but if my re- 

 marks be the means of making one long-legged geranium assume a 

 more compact and pleasing aspect — or assist in bringing one wo-be- 

 gone orange tree into a thrifty state, I will consider myself ampty re- 

 paid for the trouble of writing them. 



It cannot be expected, that in writing such monthly notices a de- 

 tailed account of the entire management of every plant incidently 

 alluded to can be given. The more important point, perhaps, is to 

 explain the physiological principles on which the health of plants de- 

 pends; therefore my remarks will in the main assume more of a general 

 than special character. 



Oleanders, Myrtles, Pomegranates, Orange and Lemon trees that are 

 quartered in cellars during winter, should now be under preparation 

 \^ for the change — that is, they should be gradually hardened by receiv- 

 er ing a less amount of water. Do not suppose by this that you are to 

 ^ u dribbUP a decreasing quantity every day on the surface of the soil — C\ 



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