OCTOB1E — THIBB WEEK. 



free ventilation at all favourable opportunities. If the 

 weather be cold, use a little fire-heat occasionally during 

 the day, especially where there are many plants in bloom, 

 that ventilation may be given to expel damp and stagnant 

 air. 



Cxneraeias. — Plants that have filled their small pots 

 with roots to be shifted, according to their size and 

 strength, into larger pots. The compost to be one part 

 turfy loam, one part peat or leaf mould, and one part 

 rotten horsedung. They delight on a cool bottom, and 

 will thrive tolerably well in a cold pit, protected from 

 frost during the, winter. They should be placed on a dry 

 bottom of coal ashes, and kept as near to the glass as 

 possible. 



Heaths. — They may, if there is no room for them in 

 the greenhouse, be kept in a cold pit, or frame, during 

 the winter. Water to be given carefully on the forenoon 

 of a fine day. Frost to be excluded by mats, or other 

 covering ; but they can be grown sufficiently hardy by 

 free exposure to bear a few degrees of frost without 

 injury if they are shaded from the sun's rays until 

 gradually thawed. 



Mignonette. — Sow, to come into bloom about the end 

 of February. The soil to be rich, light, and the pots to 

 have a good supply of crocks at the bottom, as the suc- 

 cess of growing this favourite plant through the winter 

 will depend in a great measure upon the drainage and 

 keeping the plants dry and untouched by frosts. Those 

 who have a hotbed frame will find it useful to start the 

 seeds by moderate heat. Others who have no such con- 

 venience may place their pots in a cold frame in a shel- 

 tered situation, and upon a floor of rough stones over- 

 laid with ashes. 



Pelargoniums. — The more dormant they can be kept 

 during the winter the better. Therefore, only a very 

 moderate supply of water should be given to keep them 

 from flagging, and a liberal supply of air at all favourable 

 opportunities. 



Yeebenas. — To be placed on swing or other shelves 

 as near to the glass as possible. They require plenty of 

 air, the extirpation of green fly, and a moderate supply 

 of water to preserve them in a healthy condition. 



