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NOVEMBEE — THIBD WEEK. 



STOVE AND OBCHID-HOTJSE. 



Withhold moisture entirely from the roots of deciduous 

 Orchids, and such as are sinking into a state of repose. 

 Any late specimens, or importations, making late growths 

 to be favoured with the best light situations in the 

 house and a little water, to keep up the vitality suffi- 

 cient to produce the secretions necessary to carry them 

 safely through the dull days of winter. Look over all 

 growing plants, and see that they do not suffer for want 

 of water. Look to every Orchid, even the smallest grow- 

 ing on blocks or in baskets, they all require attention. 

 Eepot or surface dress any that require it. A favourable 

 day to be chosen to wash the lights for the more free 

 admission of that agent most indispensable for their 

 health. The whole to be kept neat, and free from insects ; 

 and the plants on stages, tables, or suspended from blocks, 

 baskets, &c, to be arranged in a manner the most suit- 

 able for a picturesque and pleasing effect. 



EOECING-HOUSES. 



Where early forcing is intended it is advisable to give 

 a thorough cleansing to the houses by limewashing and 

 dressing the wood of Cherries, Figs, Peaches, Vines, &c, 

 as . frequently directed. 



Beans (Dwarf Kidney). — Sow in six-inch pots ; when 

 crocked to be filled within three inches of the rim with a 

 compost consisting of old Cucumber or Melon mould, 

 rotten dung and leaf mould in about equal proportions. 

 To be placed in any convenient part of the forcing-house 

 for a few days until the soil is warm. The Beans are then 

 sown about ten or twelve in each pot, and pressed by the 

 finger about an inch below the soil. In a week they 

 will be up ; to be then thinned out, according to the 

 strength of the plants, to six or eight in each, and to 

 receive a gentle watering. When the two first leaves 

 are fully developed the plants to be earthed up as high 

 as the cotyledons. To be regularly syringed and watered 

 at the roots, taking especial care that they do not become 

 too wet, or they will damp off. When they have made 

 two joints to be stopped, to cause them to produce laterals 

 and bearing branches. The plants to be placed as close 



