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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[October, 
autumn planting, is that the roots being still active, and the heat in the ground 
still considerable, the trees continue to make fresh roots, and are better prepared 
to meet the wants of the expanding buds in spring. 
If our previous directions regarding Hard-woodecl greenhouse plants have 
been attended to, little more will be required at present than attention to air 
and watering. See that any plants that may be still under temporary protec¬ 
tion are safe from frost. Pelargoniums , Fuchsias , Salvias , and other Soft-wooded 
plants in flower will require attention in watering, and should be looked over 
daily, and have all the decaying leaves and flowers removed. Chrysanthemums 
will be coming into bloom, and should have liberal doses of liquid manure ; 
all the plants should now be under glass ; they will do well in a cold pit, empty 
vinery, or orchard house, where they can have plenty of air. Let the earliest 
batch of Cinerarias and Chinese Primroses have plenty of room to develop 
themselves, with a free circulation of air ; shift another batch of the strongest 
plants for successional blooming. Prick off seeding Calceolarias. 
The season of floral beauty in the Flower garden is now fast fading away, and 
before many nights are past we may expect King Frost to make all desolate. 
As long, however, as the plants continue fresh, spare no pains to keep the beds 
neat by the timely removal of decaying flowers and foliage, and sweep and roll 
the grass and walks as often as may be required. Variegated Pelargoniums and 
other plants that it is intended to preserve over the winter, should be taken up 
about the middle of the month and potted, for it is not safe to leave them in 
the beds longer; they will be materially assisted after they are potted by being 
placed on a gentle bottom-lieat until they make fresh roots. After the plants 
are lifted, the beds should be dug deeply and planted with Pansies , Wallflowers , 
Cowslips , Primroses , Anemones , Crown Imperials , Narcissi , Hyacinths , Tulips , 
Jonquils , Fritillarias , Snowdrops , Crocuses , Dogstooth Violets , &c., for spring 
display. All cuttings of Bedding plants , if not already in, should at once be placed 
under glass. Lift Dahlia roots before they are injured by the frost; and dress 
and dig neatly all borders for the autumn.—M. Saul, Stourton. 
BEGONIA CHELSONI. 
HE remarkably distinct and beautiful Begonia holiviensis , with its long 
vermilion-coloured petals, has, as might have been expected, given rise to 
a numerous progeny of hybrids, some of which are of a very ornamental 
f character. The B. Sedeni , of which we gave a coloured illustration in our 
volume for 1869, was one of the first of these ; while B. Chelsoni , of which we now 
subjoin a woodcut, is another more recent production, and one of great beauty. 
Messrs. Yeitch and Sons, by whom it was raised, speak of it, very truly, as one 
of the finest of the flowering Begonias, a description which is endorsed by the 
First-Class Certificates awarded to it at the meetings of the Royal Horticultural 
and Royal Botanic Societies. 
