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a little fire heat and plenty of air. With proper management the Grapes 
will ripen in September. Amateurs err greatly with regard to giving air 
and fire heat. To save fuel the} 7 keep their houses, even at midsummer, if 
the weather be dull and wet and cold as it sometimes is, shut up for days 
with little or no air, and the consequence is, mildew attacks the Vines, spoils 
the Grapes, and all is disappointment. I would strongly recommend 
giving the Vines fire heat the whole of the season during the day time, un¬ 
less a week or two of very extraordinary hot weather should set in always 
taking care to give an abundance of air at the same time. Those who do 
this, will not be troubled with mildew, and will be rewarded with well- 
coloured, highly-flavoured Grapes. 
Stourton. - M. Saul. 
EUCHARIS AMAZONICA. 
|0 have the beautiful pure white flowers of Eucharis during the whole 
j of the winter months, when flowers are scarcest, is, I need not say, 
a great advantage, more especially as they last fresh and beautiful 
for a long time after being cut. The following is the mode of treat¬ 
ment I adopt, and by which I have them plentifully at that season. 
The plants are looked over and repotted at intervals during March, April, 
and May; the soil used being one-half good fibry loam, one-fourth fihry 
peat, and one-fourth well decayed manure and leaf mould, with a free 
admixture of silver sand. The pots are provided with good drainage, as 
during the time of growth the plants require abundance of water; and to 
allow the superfluous water to run off freely, a layer of half-decayed manure 
is placed over the bottom drainage. When repotted they are placed in a 
temperature ranging from 70° to 85° by sun heat, and are kept near the 
glass, being shaded at first until they begin to grow, after which they have 
all the light and sun possible. This is of the greatest importance. They 
should not be placed in plant stoves which are kept shaded in sunny weather, 
and for this reason ours are grown in the Pine pits. The syringe is freely 
applied both morning and afternoon, and in the middle of the growing 
season at closing time also, that they may have the benefit of a nice humid 
atmosphere the night through. The plants at this time are never allowed 
to become dry, being watered two or three times a day in hot weather, and 
twice a-week with manure water made from sheep dung with a little soot. 
With this treatment the plants grow vigorously, and have that fine rich, 
deep green appearance, which is the best sign of vigorous health. By 
September and October, when the bulbs have finished their growth, they are 
removed at intervals of three weeks, to secure a succession of bloom from 
November to March, to a cooler house in which they are placed near the 
glass in the driest part of the house, and water is gradually withheld from 
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