THE GREEN-HOUSE. 
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to develope their flowers. Chrysanthemums 
should be rather limited in their growth, or 
they will get too luxuriant, and not flower 
freely. Cinerarias should be' potted rather 
more liberally, and grown on freely ; the 
larger they are grown, the more blooms are 
produced, and, consequently, the more showy 
are the plants. 
Sweet-scented Plants. — Look after these, 
and see that they are being properly prepared 
for starting soon into growth : they should 
now be resting — kept rather dry, and placed 
in a cool situation. Sweet-briar, Aloysia 
citriodora (the lemon-scented verbena) ; seve- 
ral Pelargoniums, as the rose-scented, lemon- 
scented, nutmeg-scented, &c. — the Prince of 
Orange is a favourite variety ; China Roses, 
Heliotropes, &c, are the class of plants re- 
ferred to. Mignonette and the Mimulus 
niosehata (musk-plant) require different ma- 
nagement, and may both be kept growing in 
pits, the former being obtained from seeds, 
and the latter from cuttings. 
Gesnera oblongata. — Remove the plants to 
a warm house, in order to get them sooner 
into flower ; they should be taken in in rota- 
tion. 
Achimenes. — Cuttings of some of these 
plants, if rooted carefully in a warm atmo- 
sphere, make neat late flowering plants, and 
come in useful. Shift the plants of A. picta, 
and its allies Gesnera zebrina, and G. Gerar- 
diana ; these are all magnificent plants for 
autumn flowering. 
Begonias. — Some of these will be suitable 
for decorating the conservatory, and may be 
removed for that purpose from other struc- 
tures. Place them in a warm sheltered 
position. 
Bulbs.- — Look out for the earliest supplies 
of Dutch bulbs, for potting ; and get those 
potted which are intended for forcing as early 
as possible. It is a mistaken notion to delay 
the purchasing and planting of these : early 
purchasers secure the best roots, and early 
planting secures the best plants and flowers, 
provided the treatment is proper. 
Climbers. — Where the roof of the con- 
servatory is tolerably close, the upper part of 
the house will be rather warm ; this affords 
an excellent situation for some of the inter- 
mediate class of climbers, which require rather 
more than green-house temperature, while the 
hardier plants do better if confined rather 
more to the lower and cooler parts of the 
house. Of the former class, some of the 
best are the following : — Mandevilla suaveo- 
Jens, Stephanotis Moribund:!, and Schubertia 
gravcolens, which have white flowers, and 
are powerfully and agreeably scented, especi- 
ally the two first. Passiflora kermesina, with 
crimson flowers, is also a suilable plant ; and 
so are various other Passifloras. For the lower 
part of the house the Kennedyas, Zichyas, Har- 
denbergias, Physolobiums, Sollyas, and the 
Marianthus are suitable. Marianthus cceruleo- 
punctatus has light blue flowers ; Sollya 
linearis, blue ; Hardenbergia macrophylla and 
Comptoniana, purple ; Physolobium carina- 
tium, Zichya coccinea and inophylla, and 
Kennedya prostrata, are various shades of 
scarlet and red ; and the flowers of Kennedya 
nigricans are dark — nearly black. These 
climbers succeed best when planted out in the 
spring. 
Japan Lilies will come into bloom during 
this month. Probably something could be 
done worth the attempt, in the way of hybrid- 
izing these. "Where it is attempted, the earliest 
flowers should be operated on, and the other 
flowers removed to throw energy into the 
seed. An intermixture with the scarlet or 
orange coloured kinds would probably bring 
something good. These are named as con- 
servatory plants because of their grand effect 
when so treated ; they are, however, quite as 
hardy as other lilies. 
THE GREEN-HOUSE. 
At this season of the year the general prin- 
ciple of maturing, rather than of exciting, 
growth, should be acted on, for on this will 
depend much of the success of blooming the 
plants at the proper season. This applies espe- 
cially to all such plants as flower in the spring or 
summer, and whose fresh growth of branches, 
after blooming, is now almost, or entire!}', 
completed. One main feature of this matur- 
ing process, lies in somewhat limiting the 
supply of water. Plants which are coming 
into bloom, or which have yet fresh growth 
to make, should be regularly watered as here- 
tofore ; but, as a general principle, towards 
the end of the month the autumnal limitation 
of moisture should be commenced. None 
of the green-houses need be occupied with 
their ordinary inmates )'et, if the more deli- 
cate of the plants are sheltered in pits ; and 
the houses can be turned to account in the 
growth of tender annuals and stove plants. 
The more hardy of the green-house plants may 
be kept out of doors till the end of next 
month : the more delicate ones, and succu- 
lents, and other plants impatient of moisture, 
should be protected from autumnal rains, either 
by placing them in the green-house or in pits, 
or erecting an awning over them ; if either of 
the two former modes of protection is adopt- 
ed, very free ventilation should be allowed. 
House i'oi: Miscellaneous Plants. — As 
regards temperature, ventilation, and other 
atmospheric conditions, this, as well as the 
other green-houses, will have to be regulated 
ju<t according to the class of plants which are 
