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deavours to restore the plant to health and vigour are 

 generally unsuccessful. 



STOVE AND ORCHID-HOUSE. 



Ornamental stove plants— such as Brugrnansias, Centra- 

 denias, Clerodendrons, Eranthernums, Euphorbias, Geis- 

 somerias, Gesneras, Justicias, Poinsettias, &c, to be 

 supplied with clear liquid manure, and to have their 

 rambling shoots stopped. Many of the free-growing 

 plants will require shifting occasionally. The great 

 object should be to get rapid growth when light abounds, 

 and thus to secure luxuriant foliage at the right season, 

 when there will be more time for the wood to be pro- 

 perly matured for winter. The sy ringings to be given 

 early in the afternoon, that the plants may get dry before 

 night. 



Achimenes. — When grown in large seed-pans they 

 produce a fine effect. 



FORCING-HOUSE. 



Cherries. — Give more air, and keep a drier atmosphere 

 when the fruit is ripening. Give plenty of water to the 

 trees now swelling their fruit. Syringe frequently, and 

 keep the foliage and fruit free from insects. 



Chrysanthemums. — Pot off as soon as rooted. If not 

 already struck, the cuttings should be put in at once. 



Cucumbers. — Stop them, and water freely. All that 

 are intended for ridges, if hardened off, should now be 

 planted out. See that the ball of earth is well soaked 

 with water before planting. 



Figs. — Give them plenty of air during the day in fine 

 weather, with abundance of water. TJse the syringe 

 freely, except when fruit is ripening. 



Peaches. — Although a dry atmosphere is necessary to 

 give flavour to the ripening fruit, it is not advisable to 

 withhold water altogether from the roots while the trees 

 are making their growth. Water the inside borders in 

 the morning in clear weather, so that any vapour that 

 arises may pass off during the day. The outside borders, 

 if dry, should also be watered as far as the roots extend, 

 and then mulched, to prevent evaporation during hot, 

 dry weather. If the early-forced trees have naked 



