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CARTER AND CO.’S GARDNER’S VADE-MECUM FOR 1862. 
made to keep this house interesting and gay hy concentrating all the blooming plants from the other structures. Air 
must be given very freely in order to harden and ripen tho wood of the permanent plants ; the application of liquid manure 
to the plants in the borders should be discontinued as soon as the growth is made, and water generally not so liberally 
given. Let tho house be thoroughly cleared, and tho whole of the plants gone over and placed in first-rate condition pre- 
vious to bringing in the plants which were turned out in June. See that tho hot-water apparatus in every department is 
in good working order ; get the flues cleaned out, all defects remedied, and in readiness for the Winter’s work. 
Forcing House. 
As this will very soon lie required again for forcing flowers, it will be ns well to tako an early opportunity to get it 
thoroughly repaired and cleaned, and otherwise got in readiness. 
Stove. 
Ixorns past flowering should now be cut in without loss of time, and started again in a brisk bottom heat and growing 
atmosphere ; a dung bed is the best if it can be had. Achimenes, ns they go out of flower, should be removed into an empty 
Vinery and water entirely withheld, so as to induce entire rest to the plant and to mature tho roots ; when thoroughly dry anil 
ripe, store them away in any dry place where frost cannot penetrate. Achimenes picta, Gesnera zobrina and elongate 
must bo grown on in a brisk heat, and they will continue to bloom for a long time. Regulate the climbing plants, which 
as thoy go out of flower should be greatly reduced and neatly tied in, so as to offer no obstruction to tho light. 
Orchid House. 
Tho temperature in this structure should now bo reduced a little, to inure the plants gradually to a lower temperature : 
Buch as are past flower and are going to rest must be kept moderately dry and in a cooler temperature ; but growing plants 
must still have a warm and moist utmosphere, and attention paid to watering, syringing, and dipping as before directed : 
shading will not be necessnry, unless on very bright days ; but air .should be liberally supplied in fine weather, particularly to 
the dormant portion of the stock. Remove Cypripedium insigne and barbatum to the Conservatory, where they will bloom 
for a long time. 
Greenhouse. 
Continue to pay strict attention to following up all tho necessary means required for maturing tho wood of all liard- 
w'ooded plants approaching the dormant state, and indeed, as Winter is now approaching, oven the growing stock must 
have more air and exposure, to harden the tissues and induce a hardy, stocky growth ; if any appear to require it, they may 
still be shifted, but be careful in the after-treatment, particularly as to watering. Calceolarias and Cinerarias, also Chinese 
Primroses, will now be coming 'into full action and must have their wants especially attended to, by a constant shifting 
of the earliest plants as they become ready ; and a large supply of successional plants in different stages of growth kept 
steadily progressing. Pay particular attention to fumigation. Continue to head down the later stock of Pelargoniums 
as the wood becomes ripened ; and if not already done, shako out and re-pot those headed back last month : now is n 
time to get in a good stock of cuttings of choice roots. Chrysanthemums may still be shifted into larger pots if required, 
and continue the application of liquid manure to such as have the pots full of roots; they will still require to be staked and 
tied out neatly. Mignonette for pots should be sown immediately, and placed in a cold frame or pit ; when up, give plenty 
of light and air. Pot tho tuberous-rooted Tropteolums in blooming-pots according to their size, as they will not bear shifting. 
Pot a large supply of the strongest plants of Violets from the beds made in May. As the Japan Lilies go out of flower, 
let the pots bo laid on one side out of doors. The stock of Amaryllis being now dormant, it is a good time to shake them 
out of tho soil and re-pot at once ; but if they have only been potted one year, surface-dressing is enough, as they only require 
shaking out every two years. Look now to tho timely purchase of your Dutch Bulbs ; the earliest customers get the freshest 
roots, and, as a frequent consequence, have finer blooms. Divide your stock into two lots ; put one by in a place not likely 
to start them, aud pot the other immediately, ono bulb in a six-inch pot or three bulbs in an eight-inch pot for Hyacinths, 
Narcissus, &e., and for Tulips, four in a six-inch pot; these latter may bo planted below tho surface, but Hyacinths and 
Narcissus should have half the bulb above the surface. Place the pots on a leveled surface of coal ushes, and then cover 
them six inches above the bulbs with nice, sweet-leaf mould or very old tan, and throw a temporary coverin'* over them in 
wet weather. 
Forcing Fruit Houses, Pineries. 
As the season is now advanced, all plants requiring it should be forwarded a stage by shifting for the last time this season, 
and, with the other successions, be kept growing freely by a liberal temperature both at bottom and at top ; but at the same 
time give plenty of air at every favourable opportunity early in the morning, and shut up early with solar heat to save fire- 
heat. As it is desirable to harden tho growth as much as possible, endeavour to imitate natural conditions by a lower tem- 
perature at night, so that whatever growth is made may be formed under those conditions of light and shade so essential to 
perfect development. Stir and water the surfaeo of the beds, and keep up a growing temperature for the Autumn fruiters • 
givo liquid manure to such as are swelling off : bottom heat for fruiters should still range about 8D C . 
Vineries. 
These in their various stages will require constant care ; tho very earliest, to be started in November, ought to be pruned at 
once and a thorough circulation of air allowed. Those which are to be started in January will at this time make great efforts 
to throw out an Autumn growth, which must be constantly cheeked by stopping; at the sume time all tho side laterals may 
be entirely removed, to throw more light upon the main leaves ; the greatest enemy to the lute houses carrying fruit is a 
damp atmosphere, so that in dull wet weather, fires must bo lighted to dispel it, taking cave to givo plenty of air with it, or 
olso the berries will shrivel : keep the mouldy berries constantly removed. 
Peach Houses. 
Trees in the earliest house which have matured their wood should bo divested of their foliago and loosened from the 
