<)0 CARTER AND CO.’S GARDENER'S VADE-MECUM FOR 18C2. 
the Stove, such as Poinsettia puleherrima, Luoulia gratissima, Euphorbia jacquiniflora, Gesnera zebrina and oblongata, with 
many others Towards the commencement of the new year, however, the great dependence will be on forced (lowers; and 
where extreme miiely is required, the great utility of the early forced Dutch Bulbs will be more apparent. Forced Camellias 
also are objects of great attraction ; and a few plants from the early hybrids from Rhododendron arboreum, which will ex- 
pand at Christmas with very little forcing indeed, will be truly gorgeous. 
Forcing House. 
This indispensable adjunct to a gay Conservatory should now be pretty well filled with the different varieties of plants 
mentioned last month and the suceessional stock which will now require to bo brought in ; these will include Dutch Bulbs, 
Dielvtra spoctabilie, Forsythia viridissima, Weigeln rosea, Deutzia gracilis, Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Camellias and Roses : 
let the forcing-process bo very gradual indeed ; remember, if you push too hard and fast, the flowering will bo weak and the 
flowers pale : let the bottom heat range about 70°. 
Stove. 
Keep all the winter-flowering plants beforo specified in the most prominent and warmest situations ; on the contrary, 
those which arc dormant, or nearly so, must be kept as cool and dry as their safety will permit. Admit air freely when the 
weather is fine; and (o enable you to give a portion every day, be the weather anything short of severe frost, light up the 
fires early in the morning and open the ventilators about ten, and close again at two, regulating the amount of air by 
external conditions. 
. Orchid House. 
The temperature in this structure must now be considerably lowered and a drier atmosphere maintained, to induce 
that state of rest in the plants which is necessary for the next two months at least. The temperature by day without sun- 
heat should be kept at about 00° ; with sun-heat it may be allowed to rise to 70°, but not more; night temperature f>. r »°. 
Blocks and baskets will not need to be dipped; but ns they must not be allowed to get loo dry, they may be slightly 
syringed once a week. 
Greenhouse. 
The general stock of hard-wooded plants will now bo comfortably housed and in a comparatively dormant state; and the 
principal attention they will require will be to give an abundant circulation of air and to be extremely particular as to 
the watering: more hard-wooded greenhouse plants die from injudicious watering than from any other cause; when the 
plant requires it, give enough to soak the ball and have done with it; but at the same time ascertain that the water per- 
colates away freely. Winter-flowering Heaths, Epaeris, some Acacias, and Correas will oi course require a more liberal 
treatment and the’ best situations ; Pelargoniums will now require a considerable degree of care: guard well against damp 
and spot, remove all decaying foliage ; and if the branches are too thick, thin them out to admit air. Look out for worms 
in the pofs; if you cannot catch them without disturbing the balls, give some lime-water, which will move (he worms 
and do the plants no harm : shifting must be attended to ; but, that will depend upon the purpose for which the plants are 
grown : if for early forcing, they should now have a final shift ; but for later purposes endeavour at present to keep them 
dormant. Cinerarias should have every encouragement to promote free growth, as they are now in full action, and a 
check would be injurious to the flowering. Mildew is often prevalent during the sluggish atmosphere of this month, 
and must be kept under by frequent dustings with flour of sulphur ; remove decayed leaves, and lot the plants have a free 
circulation of air whenever possible. Calceolarias in their several stages will require attention; old plants shifted last 
. month will require plenty of room and a free circulation of air ; young seedling plants potted off from the earliest sowings 
must have a good shift when the pots are full of roots; later successions should be potted off from the store-pans, and a 
good supply pricked out from the seedling pots for Spring purposes. Persevere in fumigation ; the destruction of noxious 
insects in plant-growing is absolutely necessary for success. The roots of Lilium lancifolium album, rubrum, punctatum, 
macranthum, and eximfum, all of which are among the finest Conservatory ornaments wo possess, should now be purchased 
and potted : make use of good-sized pots, say eleven-inch pots for four roots, and larger in proportion if necessary. let 
them be covered with four inches of soil ; and for the present the surface of the soil should be at least three inches below 
the rim of the pot: see that the drainage is all right, and place them in a cold pit and give them no water until the growth 
of the flower-stems pushes through the soil. Lachonalias which arc started should be kept near the glass. Cyclamens, 
which are worthy every attention, arc now making growth, and should havo a light and airy situation on the front stage ; 
be careful in watering, and avoid a dump sluggish atmosphere. The Cactus tribe and Kalosanths must now be kept 
perfectly dry. 
Forcing Fruit Houses, Pineries. 
Make use of every possible means to mature the late growth of Pines intended for next year’s fruiting ; to further this 
process, let them have a drier atmosphere, and a free circulation of air when the weather will permit ; the range of tem- 
perature must be lowered to about the standard for the next two months. Winter-fruiting plants now swelling must of 
course have a more liberal treatment by affording a higher temperature with a moister atmosphere, and occasional sup- 
plies of tepid manure water. 
Vineries. 
Continue to make fires occasionally for the preservation of the late grapes, give air freely at the same lime, and keep all 
the mouldy berries cut out. In the early Vineries just started, it is a good thing to introduce a body of fermenting mate- 
rials, if possible, which should be watered and frequently turned about ; this will produce a genial moisture in the atmo- 
sphere, which is very grateful to the vines, and will assist them to break very regularly: let fire heat be applied with 
caution, as, until they have well broken, the night temperature ought not to exceed dll : the day temperature will be much 
influenced by external conditions ; at present, in the absence of sun, do° is a safe range. 
Peach House. 
The earliest house may now be closed and brought under the routine of operations as directed in the early months of 
