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THE FLOEIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ March, 
As the days short(?n give a little fire-heat, so as to keep the temperature' 
at 50° at night, with a rise of about 5° during the day. When they begin to 
bloom (which they will do early in November), give weak manure-water at every 
alternate watering, being careful to keep the heart of the plants dry. When 
there is a great demand for flowers, it is best to keep the bloom off some of the 
plants, and give them an extra shift. By this means, they can readily be had in 
bloom for six months. 
The reader should be reminded that when any of the leaves show signs of 
decay, it is much the best way to get hold of the leaf-stalk close to the stem 
and take it clean off ; for if it is picked, as is usually the case, the part left will 
damp back to the stem, and soon affect the whole plant, which will gradually 
lose its fresh appearance and go off at the collar.—D. Burke, llie Kitchen 
Gardens^ Burleigh. 
Mr. Gilbert adds in a note ;—“ The above is from the pen of one of the 
young gardeners here, who has grown Double Primulas, from what were single 
crowns last spring, to what are now plants three feet across.” Some blooms sent 
at the same time were first-rate in quality, of full size, as double as balsams, and 
finely fimbriated at the edge. 
VINES AND VINE-(3ULTUKE. 
Chapter XII.— Diseases and Injuries, and their Remedies {continued), 
^l^rl^UNGUS on the Boots. —This is not of very frequent occurrence, yet it is of 
W very serious import where it does find a footing, and should be carefully 
guarded against. The difficulty of dealing with it is the want of know¬ 
ledge of its existence until the vines are perhaps killed through its effects. 
Tlie healthy vines of one season may in the next, when in the fullest vigour., sud¬ 
denly droop and flag and die, when upon examination of the roots it is found 
that they are completely covered with small white threads, these being the 
mycelium, or spawn of some fungus which has generated from decaying vegetable 
matter that has got into the border. The most fertile agents arc bits of wood, 
or the broken stems or branches of trees, or it may be the stump of a vine that 
has been cut down and left in the border. Therefore, these should all be rigidly 
excluded in the formation of vine-borders. If once fungus is introduced, its 
growth is very swift, and the fine threads of the mycelium will soon permeate 
the whole border, and choke the action of the roots. Fungoid growth may also 
be introduced into the border through heavy top-dressings of leaves or stable- 
manure. Where its presence is detected, every bit of soil in the least affected 
should be taken out, and the roots of the vines washed, sprinkling the remainder 
with quick-lime, so as to destroy every vestige of its existence. 
Mildew. —This is a fungoid growth upon the young leaves and fruit of the 
Vine, and was not known in this country until the year 1847, when an account 
of it was given by Mr. Tucker, of Margate, where it was first observed. Hence 
it received the name Oidiuni Tuckeri. In America, however, it had been known 
