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heat, and means should be used, as soon as this is perceived, to effectually 
clear the plants of this pest, and, if many plants are infested, the cheapest 
and most expeditious means of clearing them will be to smoke the house 
rather strongly at night, and again the following morning. But care 
must be used to have the foliage of the plants and also the atmosphere of 
the house as dry as possible before* smoking, for the foliage of these, 
when at all damp, is readily injured by tobacco smoke, but if perfectly 
dry will stand any reasonable amount. Some persons consider that 
sulphur applied to the under side of the leaves is a means of preventing 
the plants being attacked by this pest, andjnlthough our practice of 
syringing the plants, while making their growth, once or twice a day, 
renders this useless, judging from what we have seen elsewhere, it is 
worth trying where the syringe is not used so freely as to remove the 
sulphur almost as soon as it is applied. Plants which have their bloom 
buds well up should be removed to a cool house, but be satisfied that a 
plant is thoroughly well set for bloom before removing it to a cool house, 
for unless the plants are well set before winter there will be no chance 
of their blooming finely next season. Where there is the chance of 
keeping young plants in a moist warm situation until November, any 
plants which it may be desired to increase in size as fast as possible 
may, if setting for bloom, be stopped regularly over, and will with care¬ 
ful treatment make a nice growth, but plants stopped after this time 
need hardly be expected to bloom in anything like character. Any 
plants which may have been placed out of doors should be placed under 
glass immediately there is any danger of their balls getting sodden by 
heavy rains or their buds injured by frost, but should be kept cool with 
a dry atmosphere, and be rather sparingly supplied with water at the 
root. Camellias will require little more at present than attention with 
water, and any plants which may be infested with scale should 
be thoroughly cleaned. Plants which set their buds early and have 
been standing in a shady situation out of doors will now be ready to 
open, and if w^anted in bloom may be placed in rather a close house, 
where they will soon be in full flower. Plants which it may be incon¬ 
venient to find room for under glass, must, if the w’eather prove wet, be 
protected against heavy rains, and the whole stock should, if possible, 
be under glass before the end of the month. Conservatory ,—Where 
Achimenes, Clerodendrons, Allamandas, and fine foliaged plants from 
the stove form the principal attraction here, the house should be kept 
as moist and close as can be done without injuring the permanent 
occupants, and on cold nights a little fire heat would be beneficial to 
such things as have been brought from the stove ; but where green¬ 
house plants—as Camellias, Acacias, &c.—are planted in the beds, the 
house should be managed so as not to seriously injure these, and in this 
case Fuchsias, late-blooming Ericas, and the few greenhouse plants 
which bloom at this season, should be grown for decoration now, which, 
with Balsams, and many things well known to all plant growers, will, 
if grown in quantity, furnish a nice display. See that everything in 
the house is perfectly clear of insects, and endeavour to place each plant 
in its proper place, and keep all clean and in the most perfect order as 
regards arrangement. Cold Frames, — Look over and attend to 
