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they may remain till the middle or end of October, when they 
should be removed to a pit to prepare them for flowering. Previous 
to their removal, the pots should be washed, and the plants neatly 
tied up. Where charcoal can be had, it will be found of great 
utility in the pot culture of roses, broken to the size of nuts, and 
about one-fifth mixed with the soil ; the roots delight to ramble 
through it, and the foliage becomes of a richer and darker green ; 
the surface of the soil must have frequent stirrings. The plants 
must be carefully examined, and whenever infested by green-flv, the 
latter should be destroyed by tobacco smoke. 
Roses in pots are wonderfully benefited by a watering of manure- 
water now and then. This water is very easily prepared. Let 
droppings from the stable or cow-house be put into a large tub or 
barrel, with water kept over them for a week or two, occasionally 
stirring it up ; the water may then be poured or drawn off for use. 
Guano water also makes a good manure. A quarter of a pound of 
guano in three gallons of water, frequently stirred before using, will 
be found very nourishing ; indeed, one pound to sixteen gallons 
will be strong enough to use by the inexperienced, for if used much 
stronger than I have stated, it would injure plants in pots. In the 
open ground any of these liquids may be used stronger and rather 
more frequently. 
STYLIDIUM FASCICULATUM. 
HEN found in the shape of large, well-managed specimens, 
with small bright, pinkish blossoms, nearly hiding the 
foliage, this Stylidium has a very cheerful and pleasing 
appearance, altogether different from that of the mass 
of plants which bloom at the same season. 
Although rather delicate, and very liable to suffrr from improper 
treatment, especially from excess of moisture at the root, yet if 
potted in a rich, porous soil, through which water can readily pass, 
and otherwise carefully managed, it will be found to grow freely, 
and to soon form useful sized specimens. 
Cuttings made of firm bits of the young wood planted in sandy, 
peaty soil, covered with a glass, and placed in a very gentle bottom- 
heat, root freely. When just rooted sufficiently to bear handling, 
they should be potted singly in small pots, and kept rather close and 
moist till they have been established, when they may be inured to 
more light and air, in order to induce growth of a healthy character. 
Beginners, however, who can afford to buy healthy plants from the 
nursery had better do so ; for this, like other plants of a somewhat 
delicate nature, requires more attention to propagate it successfully 
than many amateurs might be inclined to give it. 
In order to be able to produce large specimens, one or two 
season’s growth will be necessary before they are allowed to blossom. 
Plants procured at the present time may be induced to make con- 
siderable progress before the end of the growing season. They 
July. 
