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making two growths during the season, and setting for bloom. See 
that such are not in want of pot room, keep them free from insects, and 
use every care in watering, &c., so as to encourage a free vigorous 
growth. Camellias which have done blooming, and have their wood 
buds well up, if wanted for blooming in autumn, should be placed in a 
general heat as soon as convenient—a house where the Vines are being 
started will be an excellent situation—but first thoroughly clean their 
foliage, &c., cutting back any shoots which incline to overgrow the rest 
of the plant, and repotting any that may be found to require this; but 
plants of these, intended for very early blooming, should be kept rather 
short of pot room, otherwise they will be apt to make a second growth 
after having set for bloom, and plants which do this seldom bloom 
finely; hence avoid repotting only when necessary to secure a 
moderate growth, &c. Conservatory .—Since our last monthly direc¬ 
tions were written, the weather has been very unfavourable for the 
preservation of flowers here, and also for forcing plants into bloom; and 
those who have had to preserve plants, forced into flower in heat, in 
houses insufficiently provided with means for heating, need not be sur¬ 
prised if they find their supply of bloom very limited at present; 
but if the experience of the recent very severe frosts should serve to 
convince persons entrusted with the arrangements of houses for plant 
culture of the propriety of making ample provision for the frequent 
occurrence of similar trials of the efficiency of heating apparatus, &c., 
it will at least have taught a valuable lesson, and one which cannot be 
too long remembered. If flowers are scarce as compared with the de¬ 
mand, and a supply of plants suitable for forcing at command—such 
as recommended for this purpose last month—a quantity of these, 
sufficient to furnish a good display, should at once be placed in a house 
or pit, where a moist temperature of from 55^ to 65° can be main¬ 
tained, syringing the plants overhead morning and evening, and carefully 
attending to them with water at the root. These, if in proper condition 
for forcing and well attended to, will be in full beauty, and will greatly 
assist in keeping up a display until the plants, which furnish the usual 
spring display, can be got into bloom. Maintain a steady temperature 
of about 45° by fire heat, allowing it to rise 10° by sun heat before 
giving air, and then opening the ventilators on the sheltered side of the 
house only, and these just sufficient to prevent its rising higher. See 
that every thing is perfectly clean, and endeavour by means of effective 
arrangement to make the most of the plants in bloom. Acacias, 
Camellias, and other things planted in the borders, which bloom at this 
season, must be freely supplied with water at the root, and unless this 
is done, the plants need not be expected to bloom in anything like per¬ 
fection ; water at a lower temperature than the atmosphere of the 
house should not be used; and when a plant is watered, care should be 
exercised to ensure the whole of the soil about its roots being thoroughly 
moistened. Gold Frames. —Hard-wooded plants here must be care¬ 
fully supplied with water, keeping them rather on the side of dryness 
at the root; and, when possible, watering should be done on the morn¬ 
ing of a bright day, and the plants should also be very carefully watched 
