THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
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nature of the subject will admit, and mention those things only 
which are specially adapted for small gardens. 
To succeed the chrysanthemums which belong to the autumn, 
the autumnal-flowering Azaleas will be found valuable. One of 
these is known by the name of Striata autumnalis ; the other is the 
old Double Purple. Both come into flower about November without 
any forcing in heat. The sweet little Azalea amcena and its com- 
panion J. obtusa, are also very early and have small rosy purple 
flowers. To follow these kinds, the old Indica alba, white ; 
Triumphans, purple ; and Boi Leopold, scarlet, should be kept in the 
forcing house. These are the best kinds for forcing for early work, 
and will be sure to flower freely. 
The Chinese Primula will be nicely in flower from December 
onward. These should be sown about the end of April, and potted 
on and kept growing all the summer and autumn, shifting them as 
required. They require plenty of light and air when growing, and 
must never sutler for want of water in the hot days of summer. 
A few Cytisus racemosus will be in bloom early, if they were 
pruned back after blooming last spring, and then partly shook out 
from the old soil, and repotted in some good sweet loam and rotten 
manure, so as to give them a start again into growth. The 
TropcBolums make a good show, especially Ball of Fire, which is one 
of the best for winter work. Nice plants may be had for this 
purpose by placing a few cuttings in pans or pots, about July, and 
keeping them growing on until they flower. Violets also may be 
had at this season ; especially must I mention Viola arbor ea. King 
of Violets, and Queen of Violets, the last named being a large double 
white kind and deliciously scented. So also is the pale blue 
Neapolitan violet, and the curious Striata. These should have been 
plunged in pots all the summer, in a north border, and not under 
the drip of trees. 
In country places, Boses at this season should be bad in quantity 
for they are easily managed. All you have to do is to cut back a 
few pot plants of the common China roses, and such varieties of this 
class as Fabvier and Cramoisie Superieure, in August, and keep them 
plunged out of doors until October, when they may be taken up 
and placed indoors ; they will, in due course, be covered with buds, 
which will open in succession for some time. That excellent tea 
rose Qloire de Dijon, also that pretty noisette Aimee Vibert, and a 
few more of that class, will be also found useful. A capital late and 
early rose, and a rich rose too, is Souvenir de la Mahnaison. 
There are a few bright-berried plants that may be used with 
great advantage and effect at this season in the conservatory ; I 
refer particularly to the female Aucubas, if fertilized. The common 
green-leaved female variety is one of the most valuable, for it is 
very neat, and usually produces a profusion of berries. Solanums, 
of sorts of the type of capsicastrum, especially PVeatherhiU’s Hybrids. 
A few of these berry-bearing shrubs mixed up with fine foliage 
plants look cheerful and bright, moreover, such hardy plants as 
Shimmia japonica and S. oblata may be made useful in the con- 
servatory at this season. 
November. 
