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THE FLORIST. 
CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS FOR THE MONTH. 
Auriculas. —These plants may now be removed to a western aspect; 
but they will get no harm if allowed to remain in a northern one 
till February. In low situations it will be advisable to elevate the 
standing, and ensure a dry bottom. Auriculas are now at rest, 
and do not require much water ; it must be given sparingly, but 
a moderate moisture must be sustained. Be sure the glasses are 
sound, and do not drip. Before finally placing the plants, clean 
and slightly stir the surface of the soil, and add a little fresh 
compost if required. Search the bottoms, and also under the 
rims of the pots, for slugs ; for, if they happen to escape your 
notice, they will commit much mischief in warm nights during 
the winter season. Air is most essential this month; draw the 
lights quite olf as often as the weather will permit, and lift them 
both at front and back in wet weather. Raising the glasses 
behind only (at this season), while the atmosphere is moist or 
foggy, is not sufficient to insure health, particularly when from 
necessity they are kept over the plants for several days together. 
They should be elevated as described above, that the air may 
circulate freely among the plants, and through the frame, to carry 
off the exhalations from within, which will otherwise condense on 
the foliage, disfiguring, and perhaps endangering the loss of the 
stock. J. T. Neville. 
Calceolarias. —Give your old varieties that general attention which 
all things require at this time of year, not killing them with 
kindness. Presuming your seedlings are pricked out well apart 
in large pans, or placed singly in pots, there let them remain as 
cool as you please (mind, I do not say freeze them), and keep 
them clean and free from fly. W. H. Holmes. 
Nursery, Sudbury, Derbyshire. 
Carnations and Picotees should by this time be well established 
in small pots for wintering. In this case the lights should be 
drawn off as often as the weather will permit. Exposure to 
heavy rains must be avoided; of the two, keep them dry at this 
time, but not so much so that the plants shall flag. In wet or 
boisterous weather, the lights should be tilted back and front, as 
a free circulation of air is indispensable, and will prevent the 
spot, so destructive if neglected in the autumn months; an 
excess of moisture is the main cause of this evil. Some varieties 
are much more subject to it than others. Bresies, R. F.; Lo¬ 
renzo, R. F.; Sealey’s Princess Royal, P. P. B.; Paul Pry, C. B., 
are often affected with it when their companions are nearly free. 
In Picotees, Wood’s Princess Alice is about the worst. Our 
practice is to grow such singly, instead of in pairs, as is the 
usual method, and to place them at a greater distance from each 
other in the frame or pits. C. Turner. 
