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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ November, 
Primulas , &c., should be kept a little warmer. Judicious watering is now of 
great importance to the health of the plants, as many plants are killed at this 
season by improper watering. Pick off all decaying leaves, and if green-fly 
appears fumigate with tobacco. The stock in pots and frames should be exposed 
at every favourable opportunity for drying them. Water in the forenoon, and give 
no more than is absolutely necessary, particularly to soft-wooded plants, as 
Pelargoniums , &c., and cover up well at night. 
As the beauty of the Flower garden is over for this year, endeavour to main¬ 
tain as great a degree of neatness as possible at this season. Cleat away all 
plants that have been killed by the frost, and keep the walks, lawns, and borders 
free from dead leaves. Finish mowing for the last time. Plant all Bulbs as 
speedily as possible. Proceed with the transplanting of Trees and Shrubs and 
all new ground-work ; do not defer these operations until spring, unless unavoid¬ 
able, as there is usually bustle enough at that season.—M. Saul, Stourton. 
ALPINE STRAWBERRIES. 
jN reference to the culture of this kind of Strawberry, noticed by Mr. 
Webster at page 223, permit me to say that when living as foreman with 
the late George MTCwen, at Arundel Castle (whom you will admit to have 
been one of the best of gardeners, and who was I think never equalled for 
Strawberry-growing), I well remember to have heard him say :— u I am no 
advocate for growing Strawberries two years before they fruit; the younger the 
plants, the better they do.” In this I can bear him out. 
The plan adopted with Alpine Strawberries was to sow the seed in February, 
to pot the young plants into small pots, keeping them growing under glass till the 
middle of May, and then to plant them out in good well-prepared land. In the 
autumn of the same season we were always rewarded with a bountiful supply of 
fine fruit, which, when gathered in the truss, full height, and set up in vases 
mixed with flowers, had a very pleasing effect.—R. Gilbert, Burghley. 
AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII = TRICUSPIDATA. 
doubt there are numbers of amateur gardeners who live in villa residences, 
iv that would be glad to meet with a suitable plant for training up the side 
of the house, or for covering any small portion of a projecting wall, whose 
barrenness too often meets the eye, yet a position where most of the plants 
used for that purpose would be too vigorous-growing, and at the same time would 
call for considerable attention as regards trimming and nailing in. To any per¬ 
son who may be seeking such a plant, I would recommend the new Virginian 
creeper, Ampelopsis Veitchii \_A. tricuspidatai ]. I consider this plant to be as 
great a boon to the amateur for such a purpose, as the beautiful Ficus repens 
[stipulata~\ is to the professional gardener for clinging close to and covering the 
walls of his plant houses. This Ampelopsis is much smaller and more slender 
