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grower?, that the operation of syringing, if dexterously performed, 
ought scarcely to allow of any amount of water to fall upon the soil. 
Too often the operation is so performed as to equal in its effect a 
partial watering of the entire plants. 
In the Ixia border, or bed, should harm be anticipated from heavy 
rains during winter, it should be averted by Dlacing boards upon an 
inclined plane over each bed, etc. In the pits or frames avoid giving 
water if possible on the approach of severe frost. The drier the 
surfaces of plants and soils, in which they are grown, the greater is 
their safety from, and power to resist, extreme cold and frost. A 
medium and prepared state is the best in case of long abstinence 
from light. During dry, cold and parching winds, avoid exposure of 
the plants to their direct influence by ventilating or admitting the 
air opposite to the current ; and to avoid the effect of strong sunlight, 
the blooming plants would, from the period of manifesting such, be 
greatly benefited by being replunged in decayed tan, within a frame 
placed in a direct north aspect, from whence, as the blooms were 
about to expand, they might be removed to the show-house or con- 
servatory. Where this removal to a cool aspect is impracticable, a 
slight screen or shade with canvas would mitigate the excess of strong 
light. In the greenhouse similar precautions may be used as to 
syringing, etc., and if placed upon the part of the platform where 
the sunlight falls obliquely upon the plants, the better. After the 
season’s growth is matured, by encouraging the growth of the leaves 
after blooming, the watering should be gradually withheld; and as 
the foliage becomes generally discoloured from cessation of growth 
the pots should be removed to a dry frame, all further moisture 
being withheld, and allowed to rest a few weeks under strong sun- 
light, with lights over them, to enable the bulbs to elaborate their 
accumulated secretion of sap necessary for the next season’s bloom, 
from whence they may be removed to any dry airy place until 
October aud November, the most suitable period for being re-excited 
to growth. 
EMBELLISHMENTS OP THE GARDEN. 
( Continued ! from page 314) 
HERE paths diverge, or where the lawn is too open, or 
where some distant object requires a framing as the eye 
falls upon it, an arch or arcade is often of great value. 
An embellishment of this kind may be very speedily made 
by means of a few stout tree loppings, the rougher and 
more gnarled the better ; or where a couple of limes or alders stand in 
a position ready for the work, the saw and bill may be set to work to 
give them the required form, and one season’s growth will obliterate 
any stiflness of outline that might result from a w ant of skill in the 
operation. It would be worth while in laying out grounds to plant 
November. 
