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want them to fin'd the money—there was no difficulty about getting 
that—they only wanted their consent to allow them to spend it; and 
so, as they were told not to trouble about the cash, the meeting 
unanimously gave the council the power to borrow the additional sum. 
We shall see what we shall see when this £70,000 is expended, and 
the big building in the adjoining ground complete in 1862; and surely 
a greater architectural monstrosity was never concocted, to “press the 
earth with dulness and foul shapes,” We hope that the Council 
of the Horticultural Society will not needlessly hurry Mr. Eyles to a 
completion before the work can be legitimately done, remembering that 
work done in a hurry is seldom well done, and that it would be far 
wiser to wait a little longer for some portions of his work to be completed 
than to have it done imperfectly. G. F. 
[Quite true the amount to be expended is a large sum, but we 
believe the Council have expectations of very large receipts which will 
soon enable them to pay off the Debenture Capital .—Editor of 
Florist^ 
CALENDAR FOR THE MONTH. 
Azaleas and Camellias .—Specimens of the former expected to bloom 
as finely as it is possible to have them should be placed, before they 
begin to open their blooms, where a moist warm temperature can be 
maintained, carefully shading them from the sun as soon as the flowers 
begin to open. Syringe the plants overhead morning and evening. Shut 
up the house early on the afternoons of bright days, and sprinkle 
passages, walls, and every available surface, so as to thoroughly saturate 
the atmosphere with moisture; and also be careful to have the balls 
thoroughly moist, for unless the plants are freely supplied with water at the 
root the flowers may be expected to be undersized and crumpled. Give 
water, however, only when the ball is approaching dryness, but then 
give a thorough soaking, so as to make certain about moistening the 
whole of the roots. When the plants are fairly in bloom gradually 
inure them to a freer circulation of air; then remove them to a cool 
house, but continue to carefully shade from the sun, and maintain a 
moist atmosphere, so as to preserve the blossoms as long as possible. 
Plants that have bloomed should be repotted at once if they require 
more pot room, properly distributing and tying the shoots and placing 
them in a rather close moist shady house, to encourage free growth. 
Also stop gross shoots on young plants of new or other varieties in free 
growth, and nicely regulate the wood of these, so as to keep them in 
form, and secure the largest possible increase of size during the season, 
and see that these are not allowed to suffer for the want of pot room, 
and also that the whole stock is perfectly free from black thrip. Look 
over and attend to last calendar’s directions as to Camellias. Some of 
the early started plants will probably be setting their bloom buds 
towards the end of the month; and as soon as the buds are fairly set 
these had better be removed to a cool house or a shady situation out of 
doors, for if allowed to remain in a moist warm atmosphere they will 
