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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
Throw away all seedlings of inferior quality, and propagate only the 
best. They require a cool, shady place while making suckers, which 
are to he removed as soon as rooted. Sow seed for next year, and 
pot off rooted cuttings. Camellias may be got out in a shady place, 
on a bed of tiles or coal-ashes, and kept frequently watered. If kept 
in the house, there must he air on night and day. This hot weather 
will ripen the wood to perfection for next year. Fuchsias, keep well 
shaded, well watered, well ventilated, and with a cool, moist bottom. 
Plants from spring cuttings will be useful in five and six-inch pots, 
to keep the house gay in company with balsams and other summer . 
flowers. Pelargoniums done blooming should be cut in, and allowed 
to break before repotting. They should be kept rather dry, so as to 
break slowly, and, when potted into small pots, put in a cold frame; 
and kept close, till they begin to make fresh root, when they must 
have plenty of light and air. The time is now arriving for clearing 
out the house, and giving it any necessary clearing and repairs, and 
cold frames should be provided in good time to receive those plants 
that are not to be turned out of their pots for the summer. 
Stove. — Liberal waterings must now be given, and abundance of 
air, especially among hard-wooded plants. Pines, same treatment as 
last month. New Holland plants should be encouraged to grow, and 
liberal shifts given as required. A large number of the orchidaceous 
plants imported from the eastern parts of the world will now require 
abundance of water. Advantage may he taken of sun-heat to lessen 
the expenditure of fuel ; but there must be some ventilation. Orchids 
on blocks and in baskets require to be well soaked occasionally; and 
for this work a large wooden pail will be found the most useful, as 
it will admit of the plants being properly immersed, without injury 
to the roots or leaves. Cymbidium eburneum and C. giganteum will 
probably require repotting now, and, in so doing, strong plants may 
be increased by dividing the bulbs. 
NEW BOOKS. 
HE “ Tropical World,” by Dr. G. Hartwig (Longmans) 
treats of “ aspects of man and nature in the equatorial 
regions of the globe.” It is a fine useful compromise 
between strong philosophy and entertaining anecdotes, 
and about as good an example of what a book of 
“ popular ” science should be as any we can call to mind. The 
author has selected a number of the most striking phenomena of 
equatorial climates for illustration, and he tells us of strange people, 
curious animals, great forests, wonderful rivers, and the insect and 
reptile productions of the torrid zone, in a series of light chapters, 
which usually contain as much information as anybody wants, and 
are lighted up with beautiful pictures and relations of romantic 
incidents. “ Scott’s Orchardist,” by Mr. John Scott, of Merriott, 
Somerset, has been noticed while in course of publication, and we 
