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rate supply of clear liquid manure will assist to develope 

 their flowers to greater perfection. If any indication of 

 mildew appear an application of the flowers of sulphur, 

 when the foliage is damp, will banish it. 



Fuchsias. — Encourage the young stock to continue 

 their blooming by the application of a little weak liquid 

 manure. When the flowering is over, and they have lost 

 most of their leaves, they may then be set aside in any 

 corner free from frost for the winter. To be kept mode- 

 rately dry. 



Myrtles. — These and other such evergreen plants 

 requiring protection to be placed in pits or frames, or in 

 any other structure, as near the glass as possible. To be 

 watered regularly ; but, like all other plants, care must 

 be taken that they do not get too much at any time 

 during the winter. 



STOVE AND ORCHID-HOUSE. 



The plants that have taken their rest should be shaken 

 out, and repotted ; pruning back such as require it, and 

 placing them m a gentle bottom heat. The Orchids 

 showing bloom — such as the Cypripediums, Jphajus 

 grandifolius and StenorJiynchus sjoeeiosus — to be supplied 

 with plenty of heat and moisture. Some of the other 

 sorts — such as the Catasetums, the Cycnoches, Lycastes, 

 &c, that are approaching their dormant state — to be 

 accommodated, if possible, with a drier and cooler atmo- 

 sphere. All fast-growing plants — such as Clerodendrums, 

 Vincas, &c. — that require large pots in summer, to be 

 now turned out of their pots, the soil to be shaken from 

 them, and repotted into the smallest sized pots that will con- 

 tain them, without pruning the roots much at this time. 



Climbers. — Some of the most rambling will now want 

 some pruning, more especially where they obstruct the 

 light in any material degree. The Combretums, Echites, 

 Tpomssas, Mandevillas, late-blooming Passifloras, Pergu- 

 larias, Stephanotises, Thunbergias, &c, which are still 

 growing, to be regulated with a more gentle hand, cutting 

 out but little more than barren shoots, and drawing the 

 remainder into somewhat closer festoons, to allow the 

 more free admission of sunlight into the interior of the 

 house. 



