THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
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keeping it moist and warm, or dry and airy, according as the 
growth may show to be necessary. It will also be beneficial to 
throw a slight shade over the glass for a few hours on the forenoons 
of bright days, but this should not be used except when absolutely 
necessary, and ought to be discontinued early in autumn. Attend 
to shifting as may be necessary to afford space for the roots, and 
regulate the last shift for the season, with a view to have the pots 
moderately well-filled with roots before winter, and stop and tie out 
the shoots so as to maintain a close compact habit of growth. 
Growth should not be encouraged late in autumn, but the specimens 
should be gradually inured to lull exposure to sunshine, and a free 
circulation to air. in order to ripen up the young wood and prepare 
it for winter. The same treatment must be pursued the following 
spring, cutting back the shoots sufficiently early in the season to 
maintain a close bushy habit, and shifting as may be necessary ; but 
if the specimens are intended to bloom in autumn, stopping must 
not be practised after May. When in bloom the specimens will do 
very well in a quiet corner of the greenhouse, but avoid exposing 
them to sudden changes of temperature, and maintain a dry atmo- 
sphere to prolong the beauty of the blossoms. 
YEROXICA AXDERSONI. 
IS handsome Speedwell is certainly one of the most 
useful plants we have for autumn and winter decoration. 
It blooms very freely, its long spikes of charming flowers 
afford a long succession, and it is as easily cultivated as 
any of the older species. Cuttings of the firm pieces 
of the young wood root very freely, and if taken off the plants early 
in summer, inserted in sandy soil, placed in a shady part of ii 
moderately warm house, and after potting singly, afforded a cold 
frame, they will make nice plants in six-inch pots in the course of 
the season. The young plants maybe wintered either in the green- 
house, in a cold frame, or wherever they can be protected from 
frost, and afforded all the light and air possible ; beyond which, and 
a proper supply of water, they will require very little attention at 
this season. 
AY hen growth commences, which will probably be the case 
about the middle of March, give a liberal shift — say into pots two 
sizes larger than those in which the plants have been wintered, and 
place them in the closest part of the house or pit, to encourage the 
roots to strike iuto the fresh soil. If the plants are bushy, with 
several shoots each, as they should be, do not stop at present, but peg 
or tie out the stronger branches in a regular manner, bringing them 
down as near the surface of the soil as can well be done with safety, 
when the points of the shoots will turn up, giving air freely on fine 
days, and maintaining a moist atmosphere, syringing overhead on 
the mornings and evenings of fine days, which will be of great service 
towards inducing the production of short-jointed healthy wood. If 
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