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ing them through the autumn and winter on a 

 shelf near the glass in a night-temperature of 

 50°. At the end of February move them into 

 10-inch or 12-inch pots, according to the state 

 of their roots; raise the temperature 5°; shade 

 as the sun gets powerful, and stop both leaders 

 and side-shoots. By the end of April they will 

 be in a condition to move into 16- or 18-inch 

 pots. Attend to them, with slight shade and 

 air, as hitherto, and they will grow rapidly and 

 commence flowering. The extra allowance of 

 root-room will enable them to keep on flowering 

 for a much longer time than if in smaller pots. 

 After the last potting, a portion of the plants 

 may again have the points of the shoots pinched 

 out, which will cause them to flower later. 



Early-bloomed plants may, when getting stale, 

 be placed out-of-doors for three weeks in the 

 summer to harden; then, after shortening the 

 shoots to about half their length, replace them 

 under glass, and syringe freely. In about a 

 fortnight they will have broken into growth; 

 then turn them out of the pots, reduce the soil 

 a little, and give them a size larger pot, en- 

 couraging growth by syringing in the after- 

 noons. So treated, they will flower well 

 through the autumn. 



Fuchsias are highly decorative when treated 

 as greenhouse climbers. For this purpose they 

 should be grown on a single stem, and when 

 about 6 feet long planted out so that the stem 

 can be trained against a rafter. As the lateral 

 shoots develop they may be stopped, and this 

 results in a canopy of shoots which hang grace- 

 fully and flower continuously all summer. 

 When at rest, they should be severely pruned 

 and cleaned as though they were Vines. 



A selection of the best veirieties. 

 Addington. 



Dunrobin Castle. 

 1 Alphonse Karr. 

 1 Ballet Girl. 

 Eureka. 



Duchess of Albany. 

 England's Glory. 

 General Roberts. 

 1 La France. 

 Loveliness. 

 Mrs. G. Rundell. 

 1 Mrs. Hill. 



President. 



Prince Alfred. 



Princess May. 



Queen of England. 



Rupert. 



Sedan. 



1 Sir Garnet Wolseley. 



Splendens. 



1 Victor Hugo. 



Walter Long. 



1 White Phenomenal. 



i Double flowers. 



Gaillardia (fig. 549). — The numerous popu- 

 lar garden forms of this genus have been raised 

 from G. aristata and G. pulchella, natives of 

 North America. The forms and colours of the 

 flowers have been materially modified, but all 



have a brown -on -black disc, excepting one 

 called Vivian Grey, with yellow disc, which 

 was raised and sent out by Messrs. Kelway. 

 There are varieties with quilled yellow and 

 crimson florets, resembling the Trumpet Honey- 

 suckle, others with two rows of ray florets, 



Fig. 549.— Gaillardias. 



and others entirely double. Gaillardias make 

 a grand display in the garden from June to 

 October, never suffering from drought in the 

 hottest and driest of summers, and growing 

 freely in any soil. They stand any ordinary 

 degree of cold without the slightest protection, 

 the plants bursting through the earth's crust 

 freely after a severe winter. They may be 

 transplanted at almost any time of the year, 

 but if planted from February to July they 

 bloom freely the same season. Although they 

 thrive in any kind of soil, they are all the 

 better for deep digging and manuring. The 

 flowers are invaluable as cut bloom, lasting 

 quite a week in water. 



Some of the best varieties are James Kelway, 

 Carlin, Hannibal, Rob Roy, Vivian Grey, Rose 

 of Huish, Khartoum, Langport, Primrose Dame, 

 Golden Number, Plenissima, Westward Ho, 

 Kenilworth, Columbus, W. B. Child, Old 

 Custus. 



