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until January, all that is required now is plenty of light. We 
manage about this time to wash the whole of our glass, so that 
the plants may enjoy all the light we can give them through the 
two or three dull months that we are likely to have. If your 
seedlings are in small pots, and those well filled with roots, you 
may shift them into 4-inch pots, if you have plenty of room; 
but remember, you are to place them in the space they will require 
to bloom in, or you will find them overcrowded at that interest¬ 
ing time. J. Dobson. 
Pinks. —If the beds intended for next year’s bloom are not already 
completed, no time should be lost in making a finish. Little more 
can be done at present than recommended last month. The sur¬ 
face of the beds should be moved as often as closed by rain, and 
the soil pressed to the roots of such plants as are loosened by 
the worms. Fresh earth may he added if the beds have sunk, 
and require it.* Look over the tallies, and replace those that are 
not legible. Late and weakly pipings of valuable and scarce 
kinds may be potted, one pair in a 60-sized pot, and protected 
in frames through the winter. J. T. Neville. 
Polyanthuses. —The directions given last month for the manage¬ 
ment of these plants will apply to the present time; and if not 
carried out, should have early attention. Be sure their stems are 
earthed up to the foliage. Those under pot culture will require 
the same treatment as Auriculas. J. T. Neville. 
Ranunculuses. —Seedlings should be in a cold frame with plenty 
of air and light; a very slight topdressing will be useful; slugs, 
and other vermin, should be vigilantly looked after,* and lime- 
water used to destroy small worms, which may have been bred 
in the soil or escaped detection at time of sowing. Keep mice 
and mildew from your stock of roots, and use the leisure of this 
season in securing good roots of new sorts. 
Wallingford. Carey Tyso. 
Roses in Pots. —Plants that have been making a gay appearance 
under glass, will now be going fast out of flower, and it will be 
well to give them a little protection, after taking them out of a 
greenhouse, before plunging them for the winter. 
J. Dobson. 
Tulips. — If Tulips be not already planted, no time should be 
lost in doing so ; the longer they are out of the ground, the 
greater will be the probability of a deficient and imperfect 
bloom next season; nature herself, in the pushing forth of the 
bulbs, is plainly telling where they ought to be; directions for 
planting were fully given in last month’s Number. If the mould 
on the surface of those beds which are already planted be set 
or battered by the rain, a light raking, on a fine dry day, will be 
beneficial. J. Hunt. 
Wycomhe. 
Levey, Robson, and Franklyn, Great New Street, Fetter Lane. 
