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PITS AND FRAMES. 
perhaps L. denticulatum is as good as any, 
and it is easily procured. The native Ilydro- 
cotyle vulgaris, — a plant with small round 
leaves, — looks very pretty in such situations. 
FORCING-HOUSE FOR FLOWERS. 
Cacti. — Such plants of Epiphyllum and 
Cereus, as were forced early, will by this time 
have nearly finished their growth. They 
should now be freely exposed to air and sun- 
heat, by placing them under a south wall, on 
gravel, or in any similar situation ; if pro- 
tected from heavy rains, they ripen their 
shoots more perfectly. 
Pinks. — Attend to those bedded out, keep- 
ing them free from weeds, and the ground well 
stirred about them. In dry weather let them 
be regularly watered, using liquid manure, 
not too strong, once in a week or ten days. 
Heliotropes. — Plants of this, and others of 
similar habits, should be regularly shifted as 
they advance, until they are in pots of the 
required sizes. The shifts should be small, in 
order to render the roots a matted ball, and 
check too rapid a growth, so that their supply 
of food, when forced, may depend more on 
judicious watering than on the quantity of 
soil in the pots. The plants should also be 
regularly stopped, so as to get them as bushy 
and of as good a form as possible. Every 
flower should also be picked off as soon as 
it appears, in order that the plants may not 
be weakened by its expansion. 
Bulbous roots of all descriptions, in pots, 
should be kept clear of weeds ; and should, 
also, be gradually ripened off as the leaves 
decay, and be protected from heavy rains, or 
they are very liable to commence their growth 
prematurely. 
Pelargoniums. — Continue to shift, as the 
plants of the different forcings arrive at a 
proper state, and carefully attend to the 
watering and stopping the shoots of those 
already done. Cuttings should also be put 
in, if an increase of stock is required, or to 
replace such as are becoming unsightly, or 
old. If any cuttings, previously put in, are 
sufficiently rooted, po't them off in light rich 
soil, and keep them in a close pit until well 
started. 
Chinese Roses, recently potted, should be 
stopped in, to make them bush} r , and should 
not be allowed to bloom until required for 
forcing. Continue to propagate any desirable 
kinds, either by cuttings or layers, they will 
make serviceable plants by the spring. 
After Treatment. — Continue the greatest 
attention to all plants in pots, with regard to 
weeding, watering, and other routine opera- 
tions. Some of the plants which were first 
forced will soon exhibit signs of having com- 
pleted their growth. "Where this is the case, 
begin to gradually reduce their supply of 
water, until they appear quite at rest ; and 
then they should be kept in such state, if 
possible, until wanted in the forcing-house. 
PITS AND FRAMES. 
During the summer, the pits and frames 
serve as nurseries for young plants, hospitals 
for sickly ones, and very appropriate places 
for growing, to the greatest degree of perfec- 
tion, the whole race of green-house plants. 
Forcing Plants. — The different green- 
house plants intended for winter flowering, 
such as Calceolarias, Pelargoniums, Salvias, 
Heliotropes, &c. should be grown in these 
places, into good bushy plants, and all the 
flowers removed up to a late period in the 
autumn ; the plants will then be in a state to 
be soon brought into bloom when required, by 
the application of a very slight increase of heat. 
Tender Annuals will be, for the most part, 
removed to the green-house ; but where any 
of the smaller kinds, or late plants, are still 
in the pits, they must be watered occasionally 
with dilute liquid manure, and kept growing 
on, as before recommended. 
Green-house Plants, removed here for the 
summer, should get plenty of air. The venti- 
lators in the wall beneath the plants should be 
kept constantly open ; and the sashes, either 
removed during dull mild weather, and at 
night, when fine ; or, if the weather is rough 
and unpropitious, they must be tilted up either 
at back, or on one side, as may be most con- 
venient ; if tilted sideways, it should be on 
the side opposite the wind. In all mild 
weather, they are benefited by full exposure. 
During the day, in hot sunny weather, the 
lights must be put on, and tilted up, and a 
garden-mat thrown over to k&ep the fierce 
sun-rays from the plants ; for the intense 
brightness and heat often experienced in the 
summer is injurious to the plants, especially 
if they are just producing tender shoots. 
Nothing is more essential, during summer, 
than regular and thorough waterings, so that 
the plants do not suffer from want ; for even 
if the earth gets dry without producing any 
immediate and apparent injury, it often lays 
the foundation of some. When newly potted, 
the plants require less water, until the roots 
again become active, and numerous in propor- 
tion to the size of the pots, than when the pots 
are very full of roots. 
Stocks. — Sow some ten-weeks Stocks, to 
flower in February, next year. The plants 
should be exposed as much as possible up to 
November, when they may be taken to the 
green -house. 
"WINDOW GARDENING. 
The Permanent Plants — by this expres- 
sion we mean, such plants as Pelargoniums, 
