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ON FORCING FLOWERS. 
attention to summer watering, much depends as to future success. 
At the latter end of November or beginning of December, they must 
be prepared for forcing; wash the pots, remove all gangrene that may 
have accumulated on the top of the soil, renewing them with fresh 
compost, and cutting away all dead and decayed shoots. The house 
should not be kept above 55 degrees Fahr. until the buds begin to 
push, or they will break weak, and their flowers will be inferior both 
in colour and size. 
As the buds advance, the house may be raised to 60 and finally to 
65 degrees, but no higher. They will now require no further treat¬ 
ment, than supplying them plentifully with water whenever they re¬ 
quire it, and air when the weather is favourable. Sometimes the 
roses and some others are infested with the green fly, (Aphis) 
so as to totally destroy the buds intended for flowers ; whenever 
they appear, apply a little snuff to the infected parts ; if they should 
infest most of the plants in the forcing house, as is often the case, 
fumigation must be resorted to, till they are effectually eradicated 
from the place. As the various kinds come into flower, they should 
he removed to the conservatory or greenhouse, where they will re¬ 
main in flower some time with due care, enlivening the scene with 
their gay and gaudy colours, and refreshing the air with their odorif¬ 
erous fragrance. 
I here subjoin a list of those plants that I think most deserving of 
notice, for the information of the more inexperienced portion of your 
readers. 
Azalea pontica, 
- - albiflora. 
-- tricolor, 
- Calendulacea. 
- - splendens 
- triumphans 
- - ignescens 
- nudiflora 
- alba 
- -- incarnata 
with some others. 
Kalmia latifolia 
- angustifolia 
-- rubra 
-- rosea 
- glauca. 
Ledum latifolium 
-- angustifolium. 
Ammyrsine buxifolia. 
Rhodora canadense. 
Rhododendron maximum & album 
- dauricum atrovirens 
- catawbiense 
- ponticum. 
- - rosea. 
- - flo-plena. 
- foliisargenteis 
- foliis aureis. 
Capri folium Periclymenum. 
- serotinum 
- belgicum. 
- sempervirens. 
minus. 
