THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
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summer and allowed to remain in tbeir pots till the approach of 
winter. ^Vlien the time comes for the housing of the greenhouse 
stock, perhaps there is not room inside the house for the whole, in 
consequence of which some other favourites that had taken their 
place during the summer months are allowed to remain in the house 
for the winter season. Then the outside plants are looked over, 
and the worst are left outside (these are the poor suiferers), they 
are taken and planted as soon as convenient. 
It is not giving such plants a fair chance to turn them out for 
the winter after they have completed their growth in pots. The 
consequence of such folly is simply that the plants so treated die ; 
whereas, had they been planted out in the spring they would have 
become established and would sutler but little the following winter. 
It is not by planting large old specimens that the greatest success is 
obtained in this matter ; but rather by planting young healthy 
plants. This should be done as early in the season as possible, so 
that the plants will get thoroughly established the first year. By 
planting small specimens they can be protected the first two or 
three years in case of severe weather, and when they have attained 
some size will not require protection in winter. 
The selection which I here note down are all growing outside in 
the Royal Gardens, Kew, and are perfectly healthy specimens : — 
Azara integrifolla variegata, native of Chili ; Alogsia citriodora, 
the scented verbena; Berheridopsis corallina, Berberis Nejgalensis, 
Benthamiafragifera, Colletia Jiorrida, very curious and interesting ; 
Ceratonia siligua, Cistus montpeliensis, Carsima quinquiferis, Clian- 
tlius punicens, well set with flower; Drimi/s aromatica, Euongmics 
macropliylla, E. Japonica latifoUus albus, E. radicans variegata, 
E. Japonica aureus variegata, Eugenia Americana, Eurybia latifolia 
variegata, E. Forsterii, Eleagnus pimgens variegata, Fahiana imbri- 
cata, Orevillea rosmarinifoUa, Ilex latifolia, I. balearica, Olea 
Europcea, O. fragraiis, Osmantlius ilicifolius, ParocJietus Thunbsrgia 
variegata, Scholia speciosa, Veronica angustifolia, V. decussata, V. 
Imperialis, V. lobelioides, V. Eermesina, Vitis tricuspidata. 
PETUNIAS FOE CONSEEVATOET DECOEATION. 
BT WIILIAM COLE, 
Head Gardener, Ealing Park, Middlesex, W. 
HE double and single-flowering Petunias are exceedingly 
useful and very efiective in the conservatory during the 
summer season, when they are nicely grown, and I 
should like to offer a few remarks on their proper 
management. As a rule, they are no.t met with in first- 
rate condition, mainly owing to their being neglected during the 
early stages of growth, and frequently placed too far from the glass. 
They are certainly not difficult to manage, and by commencing at 
