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a not very high temperature—one where the thermometer ranges dur.ng the 
winter months between 50° and 60°, with an increase by sun heat in bright 
weather. During the summer months, when in active growth, a higher temper¬ 
ature and moister atmosphere should be given to it. As it flowers during the 
summer months it should be taken to the conservatory when coming into bloom, 
and suspended from the roof; it will there last in flower for three or four months. 
On the approach of cold weather in the autumn it should be taken back to the 
stove. A compost of good loam and peat with a little sand suits it admirably. 
It should never be allowed to get pot-bound, as it likes plenty of pot room, and 
a good supply of water when in a growing state. It should be syringed freely 
to keep it clear of insects, to the attacks of which it is subject if not well 
attended to. Cuttings of the half-ripened shoots put into sandy soil and placed 
in a little bottom heat, strike freely. When rooted they should be potted off 
singly into small pots, in rather sandy soil, and kept close for a few days until 
they begin to root into the fresh soil, when they should be removed to the 
shelves of the stove. They should be shifted into larger pots as often as they 
require it. When the branches begin to hang over the pots the plants should 
be suspended from the roof, and as in this situation the soil dries rapidly in hot 
weather, they should be well attended to in watering. By this treatment the 
cuttings struck in spring will make good flowering plants towards the latter end 
of summer; the following season, with proper attention, they will be splendid 
specimens. When the plants get very large a good deal of the old shoots should 
be well thinned out after the plants have done flowering, and as much young 
growth as possible encouraged the following season. By attending to these 
matters the old plants can be kept clean and in good health for a number of 
years; but as they are easily raised from cuttings, and good young plants are 
soon obtained, it is best to throw away any old plants that become the least 
unsightly. There are few plants that better repay the trouble of cultivation, 
or look more graceful, than good specimens of Russelia juncea in full flower 
suspended from the roof of the conservatory. 
Stourton. M. Saul. 
NEW ROSES. 
The following new Hybrid Perpetuals are announced by M. Liabaud, of 
Lyons, whose descriptions we give, and will be sent out on the 1st of this month: 
Marcella.— Very vigorous, ample foliage, something like that of the 
Lettuce. Shoots thick, almost thornless. Flowers large and full, salmon rose, 
unique in colour. 
Jean Cherbin. —Vigorous, handsome foliage. Flowers very large and 
full, velvety reddish purple, with a lighter brilliant centre. 
The above two were raised by M. Liabaud, and are very effective. 
Beatrix.— Vigorous, and of upright growth, almost thornless. Flowers 
bright rosy carmine in the inside, the outer petals pale rose, fine form, and 
cupped like the Centifolia Bose. Raised by M. Cherpin, an amateur grower. 
CONCERNING THE HOLLYHOCK. 
I own to having a lively regard for three flowers, which are emphatically 
“favourites” with me, the last two of the trio being the Rose and the 
Neapolitan Violet. The former is prized for summer and autumn flowering, the 
latter for winter and spring blooming. The Rose—well, I need not dilate on 
its peculiar charms, for are they not “ as familiar in our mouths as household 
