DECEMBER — EOURTH WEEK. 



required to expand the blossom-buds is about 60° by day, 

 and 50° by night. If this be attended to, the plants will 

 continue in flower for a great length of time, as the 

 plants in that heat are not excited to grow. A little 

 weak manure water to be given occasionally to the 

 blooming plants. 



Chrysanthemums. — When they begin to fade, to be 

 removed to the north side of a wall or fence, the pots to 

 be plunged in old tan, leaves, or sawdust, to protect them 

 from the severity of winter. 



Cytisuses. — Place them and other such early -flowering 

 plants in the coldest part of the house, where they may 

 receive plenty of air at all favourable opportunities. 



Orange Trees. — These, or other such plants that have 

 not been recently potted, to be surfaced by removing a 

 little of the top soil and supplying its place with fresh. 

 Attention to be paid to keeping the leaves clean and 

 healthy. 



STOVE AND OR CHID -HOUSE. 



As it would be improper to attempt to maintain the 

 same degree of heat in any structure, when the external 

 temperature is below the freezing-point as may be per- 

 mitted if it were 10° or 15° above freezing, we would 

 advise from 50° by night to 60° by day, for the stove and 

 Orchid-house. As many plants, especially Orchids, suffer 

 from drip at this season, a careful look-out should be 

 kept, and either the cause remedied or the plants removed. 

 The decoration of the hothouse would now depend in a 

 great measure upon Begonias, Euphorbias, Luculias, &c. 

 Such plants should be carefully tied up and placed in 

 the most conspicuous situations, or some of them may be 

 removed to the conservatory so as to prolong their season 

 of blooming. 



Allamandas. — Continue the temperature and treat- 

 ment as lately advised. To be potted, as also Sfepka* 

 notis, &c, and trained preparatory to starting them into 

 growth, about the beginning of the new year. 



Forcing-pit. — Introduce such plants as are generally 

 used for forcing, especially the sweet-scented sorts, Lily 

 ef the Valley, Sweet Briar, Lilacs, some of the Tea, 

 Bourbon, or Hybrid Perpetual Boses, and bulbous plants. 



Ixoras. — To~be elevated near the glass to set their 



