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alternate watering. Very close attention to 
watering is indispensable, if any blossom is 
expected. Shade the growing plants during 
bright sunshine. 
Azaleas. — These will now be going out of 
bloom, and making new growth, and at this 
stage should be properly attended in getting 
a shift according to their requirements. They 
are to be potted exactly in the same way as 
recommended for Heaths, but they should get 
the same treatment as growing Camellias ; 
and, instead of being brought entirely to a 
state of repose, as is desirable in the case of 
Camellias, these are better if kept growing — 
though very steadily, indeed — throughout the 
autumn, to prevent their foliage from falling. 
The Horticultural Society's collector has made 
some good additions to this class of plants. 
<" Rhododendrons. — These may be managed 
precisely as recommended for Camellias, ex- 
cept that they require peaty soil. 
Daphnes. — Pot these, and grow them on 
freely for flowering through the winter and 
spring. Prepare a good supply of the sweet 
little D. Cneorum for the winter. 
Neriums. — The large plants of Oleanders 
will require repotting, and must be grown on 
strongly, in a moist growing heat, for some 
time, to get them to flower well : take off cut- 
tings of the tops of the shoots likely to flower, 
and root them in phials, or in small pots ; they 
make neat plants. 
Oranges, §c. — Attend to the shifting of 
these, if it has not been done ; give them 
manure water occasionally : soot water, and 
lime water, in a clear state, are also bene- 
ficial : give one or other of these every other 
watering, alternating with clear water. 
Pelargonium-House. — Here the house 
must be kept cool, and well aired and shaded, 
to keep the plants in perfection for as long a 
period as possible. So that there are no 
draughts of cold air, which are always hurtful, 
the circulation and interchange of air cannot 
be too unlimited. "Watering is a very essen- 
tial operation : the plants must by no means 
be suffered to get dry, especially those in 
bloom : a little very weak clear manure water 
may sometimes be used advantageously, but 
not too often. 
Pelargoniums. — For late flowering, a quan- 
tity of the smaller of last year's plants should 
be kept continually stopped, so as to make 
them branch out, but to prevent them from 
flowering. These plants are better placed in 
some very cool place, such as on the north 
side of a high wall, where they may be kept 
cool and moist, and not get any sun. The 
earliest of this year's cuttings must be shifted 
and grown on, for a similar purpose, namely, 
to flower late in the season : put in more cut- 
tings to succeed them ; free-flowering vari- 
eties only should be selected. Those which 
were cut down for late flowering will probably 
require repotting, and if so, let it be done : 
all these may get a little weak manure water 
once a week. Prepare a good stock of young 
plants for the winter: Alba Multiflora, Napier, 
and Grace Darling, are good varieties ; and 
JNIr. Beck, of Isleworth, has also raised some 
good kinds for this purpose. 
Cinerarias. — Take off more of the suckers, 
and pot on for winter flowering. Plant out 
some of the plants in a warm and sheltered 
place, in rich soil, to furnish suckers for a 
main supply of plants. Place those raised 
last month into larger pots, as soon as they 
are enough advanced. Pot off the seedling 
plants, and grow them on freely : the cold 
frames are the best places for growing these 
plants at this season. 
Fuchsias. — Water the plants rather freely 
with weak clear manure water: pot them as 
they require, according to the size they are 
required to attain. 
Calceolarias. — Keep them well watered 
while they are in flower ; and when these are 
over, cut off the tops of the blooming stems, 
and set them in a cool frame, to throw out 
young shoots for propagation : look after this, 
so as to get a good stock of young plants. 
These plants strike better late in the summer 
than they do early ; it is of no use taking any 
of the shoots that are likely to throw flowers, 
as these rarely take root kindly; it is better to 
wait till blooming is altogether past. 
THE PLANT STOVE. 
Temperature, S,'C. — A strong moist heat 
must still be kept up, in order that the plants 
may grow without interruption, which is very 
essential to their perfection. This will not 
now require any (or very little, according to 
the season) artificial heat, but the house should 
be closed early in the afternoon, so as to shut 
in a portion of solar heat, the floors and walls 
being well damped, to raise moisture in the 
atmosphere. The atmosphere must be kept 
very moist, by means of syringing or flooding 
the paths, two or three times a day, and wet- 
ting the walls, and every other surface that 
can be moistened. A moist atmosphere is the 
best cure for insects. Give air in good time 
in the morning, and through the day until the 
afternoon, if the house is hot enough to require 
it ; and when the air is mild, it may be ad- 
mitted during the middle of the day as a 
matter of course. 
Watering. — The growing plants require 
copious and regular supplies of water at tin- 
root ; and all the stronger kinds will be bene- 
fited by a little manure water, if given to them 
in a clear and diluted state. A few of the 
earlier tuberous and bulbous-rooted plants, 
