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ceiving gradually an increase of moisture, they will reward you handsomely. 

 The "tall Cacti" as the Londoners call them, such as Cereus^ speciossissi- 

 mus, Phyllocactus Jenkinsonii, Ackermanii, speciosus, and so on, ought to 

 be kept moist and warm at this season ; they ought to flower abundantly in 

 May. Phyllocactus crenatus is said to be a great acquisition. The Clero- 

 dendron is an essential now-a-days in old country collections of stove plants, 

 judging by the reports in the papers ; about here, though some kind or other 

 is "everywhere," they are not grown so well as their beauty deserves. They 

 require good pot room, a rich, loamy soil, a strong moist heat and manure 

 water while growing, and an abundance of light when about to bloom. Cle- 

 rodendron paniculatum, speciosissimum, and Kcempferii, are three of the 

 best. Orchideous plants, though some are in bloom continually, will be 

 mostly flowering now, especially of the genera Oncidium, Gfongora and Den- 

 drobium. The house may still be kept for them at about 65 or 70 degs., but 

 they should receive a slight syringing at least two or three times a day. — 

 They have succeeded in raising these from seed in England, according to the 

 Revue Horticole. Can't we come up to this? 



Vegetable Garden. — Many put in a crop of dwarf or bush Beans about 

 the end of the month — I find no advantage in sowing them before May. — 

 All crops of which a succession is required, as Peas, Beans, Radishes, Let- 

 tuce, &c, should be sown as often as the preceding crop is fairly above the 

 ground. Having attended to the crops mentioned in the last calendar, the 

 Beet will come next, preferring a deep, sandy loam, well dunged the year 

 previously; the Turnip Beet is best fur this crop; the long Radish Beet will 

 be best for winter use, and should be^sown a month later. The Carrot will 

 thrive in soil similar to the Beet ; lime is an excellent manure for it — I use 

 the long orange. Celery may be sown about the end of the month, in a bed 

 of very light rich soil, and Tomatoes, Egg Plants, and Peppers sown in pots 

 or boxes, and forwarded. It is as bad to be too early with these as too late, 

 as they become stunted. T. J. 



For the Florist and Horticultural Journal. 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The stated meeting of this society occurred on Tuesday evening, March 

 15, 1863, in the Chinese Saloon. The President in the chair. The usual 

 exhibition of the large and imposing Azaleas, Rhododendrons and finely 

 grown specimens of greenhouse plants presented at the March meetings, 

 was withheld on this occasion owing to the sudden change in the weather, 

 from mild to severely cold, yet those who attended were amply repaid by 

 the display of many interesting plants, and very beautiful cut flowers 

 shown in the tasteful designs, Baskets of cut flowers and Bouquets. 

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