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AUTUMNAL MANAGEMENT OF FLOWERS. 
Brazils in 1842, and dowered for the first time, at Carclew, in 
September 1845. It requires a warm, damp atmosphere, and 
attaches itself, by its long ash-coloured roots, either to a wall or 
branch of an old tree.— -Bot. Reg. 35-46. 
AUTUMNAL MANAGEMENT OF FLORIST FLOWERS. 
The following hints, or memoranda, are notes made for the 
guidance of my own practice ; and as, they require attention in 
the course of the present month, they may be of assistance to 
your calendarial directions. 
Auriculas are suffering severely from the effects of j the late 
storm, throughout the greater part of the southern districts, and 
much care will be necessary to preserve them through the winter. 
The plants exhibit an appearance of pleuratic debility I never 
before observed, and on examination it will be found that in many 
cases the points of the roots are rotting ; the cause of which may 
reasonably be referred to the action of the excessive wet they 
have been subjected to. In any case, it will be best to stir the 
surface of the soil frequently, that air may be admitted to the 
roots, and the removal of decaying leaves must be constantly 
observed. The sooner preparation is made for the removal of 
the plants to their winter quarters the better for them ; for they 
are decidedly unsafe under present circumstances, and some 
nursing will be required to get them again into condition. Plenty 
of air, with but little water, offer the best chance of recovery. 
My Polyanthuses , in pots, are in a very nearly "similar state, 
seeming to require much the same treatment. I have found it a 
good plan, when the soil in a pot has become too wet, to gently 
lift the ball of earth upwards in the pot, by placing the finger to 
the orifice at the bottom. It allows a chance for the air to per¬ 
colate by leaving a vacuity round the sides. 
Carnations and Piccotees are in excellent order for potting ; 
and it will be well to get this done for them as soon as may be 
convenient. Let them be placed in small pots filled with rich 
loam fresh from the common, without any addition, unless its 
texture may seem to require a little drift sand, or the scrapings 
of a macadamized road. Before an atom is placed in a pot, let 
