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THE PLANT STOVE. 
Watering. — "When these plants are in flower 
they require plenty of water. Give them 
manure water, as recommended for Camellias. 
Shading. — These plants here, require to he 
very carefully shaded during bright sunshine, 
for, if this is neglected, it causes the blossoms to 
i'ade, and to Fall much sooner than they would 
otherwise do : it is during very bright sunshine 
it is required. 
Calceolarias. — Shift successional plants, 
and tie up the flowering stems of those which 
are in need of support. 
Fuchsias. — The young plants should be re- 
potted as often as the roots reach the sides of 
the pots, until they are in pots as large as are 
intended for them. These form the best-look- 
ing plants (to our taste) when a single shoot 
is led upright, and all the laterals it produces 
allowed to hang as they will on every side. 
Pelargoniums for winter-flowering. — This 
is 'a good time to get in some cuttings of 
the forcing varieties of Pelargoniums ; they 
will soon become rooted, and will make nice 
bushy plants by the end of summer, and 
will flower during the earlier part of the 
winter in a warm green-house. The plants 
intended for this purpose ought to be grown 
with tolerable freedom ; but, while they are 
the better for exposure to the free air, they 
must be so protected as not to get soddened by 
heavy rains : the lighter rains and dews are 
beneficial. Towards the end of the summer 
they must be got under the protection of 
frames, ready for removal to the flower forcing- 
house, to be accelerated in succession as they 
may be wanted. 
Salvias. — Some cuttings of S. fulgens, 
S. splendens, S. chamasdryoides, S. tubiflora, 
S. Grahami, S. dulcis, S. regla, and perhaps 
others, may be put in, and treated somewhat 
in the same way as recommended for winter- 
flowering Pelargoniums. These plants bloom 
well in the late autumn months, and are at 
that time very serviceable for decorating the 
green-house. 
Heliotropes. — A few may be treated in the 
same way as the Salvias. 
Cinerarias. — Shift any of the later plants 
for blooming, as they may require it, and take 
off some of the suckers, or offshoots, from the 
earlier plants, which are now past blooming, 
and get them on as fast as possible, so as to 
bloom during the autumn and winter. If any 
seeds have been saved, let them be sown im- 
mediately ; the young plants will then have 
become strong by the winter. 
THE PLANT STOVE. 
Temperature. — The plants in this house 
ought now to be in very active progress, and 
the heat may be kept up to the maximum 
point during the day. but it must be allowed 
to fall at night. From 70 to 80, or even 
90 degrees, will be a proper heat during 
the day-time, and very slight fires, if any, will 
be necessary to maintain this : sun-heat will 
chiefly effect all that is required. What fire- 
heat is required ought to be given principally 
in the morning, from seven to nine or ten 
o'clock in the day, after which it will not be 
required ; and at night it must be made very 
gentle indeed, just as a safeguard against the 
temperature falling excessively low. 60 degs. 
is quite hot enough for the night temperature, 
if, indeed, it can be kept so low. A little air 
left on all night will do no harm, but so ar- 
ranged as not to admit cold cutting winds, or 
chilling draughts of air. 
Ventilation. — So that the plants are not 
checked in their growth, which now should 
be going on rapidly, they cannot have too 
much air ; but this must be avoided. The 
amount of air admitted must regulate the tem- 
perature, to a great extent, during the day. 
"When the sun is acting powerfully, a good 
deal of ventilation is required, but the cooler 
air should be admitted as evenly as possible 
over the whole area of the house. 
Moisture. — Every available means must be 
employed for keeping up a moist atmosphere— 
that is to say, an atmosphere loaded, or highly 
charged with impalpable vapour ; this is espe- 
cially necessary during the heat of the day, 
and not so much so at night. It may be a rule 
to give the growing plants a good syringing — 
always with tepid water — every morning and 
evening ; not with the force of a hail-storm, 
however, but like a gentle rain. Then every 
available surface, such as the walls, pathways, 
pipes, or flues, &c., should be kept moistened 
at intervals during the day ; and if the path- 
way can be kept flooded, so much the better, 
Under these atmospheric conditions, accom- 
panied by a brisk heat, as recommended, the 
plants will make a very rapid growth ; but, in 
.order that the excitement of such treatment 
may not be incessant, both heat and moisture 
must be slackened at night, and also when a 
dull or cloudy day presents itself. This course 
of treatment is the best and most universal 
cure, or preventive, against insects of all kinds. 
Watering. — The growing plants will require 
constant supplies of water at the root : tepid 
water should always be used. "When water 
alone, is given, it should be either rain water — 
all of which that can be saved in a garden 
should be conveyed into tanks for this use — 
or pond or river water : spring water, unless 
exposed for some time to the air, is the worst 
of all for plants. Clear manure water may be 
j used once or twice a week : it is made by 
I putting a quantity of deer, sheep, cows, or 
i horses' dung into a tub, and stirring it up with 
'■ water, in sufficient quantity, so that when it 
