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THE GREEN-HOUSE. 
with as long as possible, the necessary tempe- 
rature being kept up by closing the house 
early in the afternoon. 
Dutch Bulbs for flowering in pots, if not 
all potted, should be got in immediately, and 
plunged a few inches deep among coal ashes, 
or old tan : these will form a succession. 
Primulas. — Pot some of the strongest seed- 
ling plants in succession into six-inch pots 
well drained ; these should be plants which 
have been allowed to throw up a blooming 
stem, just to see if they bring good blooms 
before much care is bestowed on them. Plants 
of the double varieties may be shifted on in 
succession ; these are beautiful things, and 
well suited for cutting bouquets. 
Succulent Plants generally, should be set in 
a cool part of the house, (secure from frost,) 
and except in rare instances, will not require 
any water through the winter. They do not 
require a light position, and may therefore be 
set for this period on the back shelves, or even 
beneath the stages, so that wet does not drip on 
them from the plants above. 
Chrysanthemums still in flower must he 
watered regularly, and stood where they will 
get a fair share of fresh air. The fading 
flowers should he removed, as at this dull and 
damp period of the year their decay if liable to 
injure those blooms which are yet in perfec- 
tion, if they are allowed to remain. As the 
plants go out of flower, if a frame cannot be 
spared to protect them through the winter, 
set them close against a south wall, and pack 
sawdust or old tan between the pots ; they are 
better not cut down, as the old stems both 
shelter and retard the young suckers. 
Heath-house. Temperature, &;c. — This 
is rather a trying month for heaths, on account 
of the dull damp weather which usually pre- 
vails. The best, and indeed the only way to 
avoid the injury to which they are liable to 
be exposed from this cause, is to make a con- 
stant practice of ventilating the house to as 
large an extent as possible. Whenever the 
weather is at all dry and fine, the house should 
be opened early in the day, and continued till 
the afternoon, for there is little fear of the 
plants in this house being injured by cold, 
provided they are secure from actual frost. 
Indeed, of all conditions which are most un- 
favourable to them, that of being subjected to 
a warm or close confined atmosphere is the 
most hurtful. The temperature may therefore 
range during this month just as this free 
ventilation may influence it, provided the 
weather is not cold enough to cause it to fall 
below 36 degs. in the day time. At night, it 
is not probable there will be frost severe enough 
to enter if the house is closed in good time in 
the afternoon; but if severe weather of this kind 
should set in, the risk must be provided against 
according to the circumstances. When the 
weather is very damp or foggy, the house must 
not be opened so freely, though it must not be 
kept closed ; and after a day or two of such 
weather, advantage should be taken of the first 
day which is at all free from fog, to apply a 
brisk heat early in the morning, and through 
the former part of the day, the house being 
at the same time kept as fully open as possible ; 
this will help to dry up some of the dampness, 
but the fires must be put out by mid-day, so 
that there may be none of their influence re- 
maining when the house is closed, to stimulate 
the plants into growth. Although water is to 
be administered with a sparing hand, and not 
applied oftener than is absolutely necessary, 
nor scattered or dropped about in the interior 
of the house in any way, yet particular care 
must be given that none of the plants get dry 
at the root, for this generally produces irre- 
parable injury, if not the destruction of the 
plant ; above all things, therefore, drought at 
the root is to be avoided. 
Azaleas. — One or two of the forwardest 
plants may be occasionally taken into a warmer 
house, to cause them to develope their flowers, 
which they will do readily enough if gently 
excited. 
New Holland and Cape Plants do very 
well under the treatment pointed out for 
Heaths. 
Mildew. — Heaths sometimes suffer from 
mildew at this season of the year, which is 
known by their leaves and branches looking 
mouldy ; as soon as this is perceived dash them 
over with flour of sulphur, and pay attention 
to the ventilation already recommended ; avoid 
however any sudden changes in this respect, 
which only tend to aggravate the disease. 
Camellia House. Temperature, fyc. — 
The ordinary green-house temperature of 
45 degs. by day, or less, with full ventilation, 
and a low night temperature, just excluding 
frost, will be suitable for these plants through 
the winter. As regards water, they should 
be just kept regularly and moderately moist. 
No fire-heat will be required, for if cold wea- 
ther sets in, it will not be severe enough to 
get inside if the house is closed, and so that it 
is just excluded is all that is required ; in 
fact, a little frost does not injure the plants, 
if they are but allowed to thaw again quiet ij 
and without exposure. 
Camellias. — A few of the earliest rooted 
plants may from time to time be removed to 
the forcing-house, placing them at first in the 
coolest part, and never subjecting them to very 
powerful heat ; they will then expand their 
buds, and be very ornamental in the green- 
house or conservatory. A sudden change of 
any kind, or extreme condition, that is, from 
wet to dry, or from cold to heat, or the extreme 
