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strengthening food can be given, in the shape of liquid manure, during the season of growth. This 
shift should not be a liberal one, rather the contrary, but it is impossible to mention any particular 
size for the pots, as that must be regulated by the size of the plants, the state their roots are in, or 
whether they are Bourbons or Teas, as the former will in general take a more liberal shift than the 
latter. When potted, they must be put in a cold pit, or a similar situation, and kept near the glass, 
running the lights off every fine day, and tilting them up in bad weather, in order to give the plants 
as much air as possible. At night, however, the lights must be put on until the middle of May, for 
fear of spring frosts, which are more injurious to these delicate Boses early in spring—as they com¬ 
mence growing early—than many degrees would have been when the plants were dormant in the depth 
of winter. From the second to about the third week in May the lights should be considerably tilted 
up by night, to allow a circulation of air among the plants; after which time the lights may remain off 
altogether, except in the event of any heavy, dashing rains, when they ought to be put on. 
During summer these plants will require the same attention as those already noticed, namely, disbud¬ 
ding, thinning out moderately the shoots where over-crowded, pinching off the points of strong shoots; 
and, when any sign of green-fly makes its appearance, syringing with a mixture of tobacco liquor and 
water in about equal parts. About the middle of June these plants w 7 ill require another shift, which 
should be more liberal than the preceding, more particularly to those which have grown freely. The 
same kind of soil as on the former occasion is to be used, and when shifted they are to be placed back 
in the same situation, following the same routine of treatment as before. 4 I should have observed that 
manure-water must be given from the time they receive their first shift in spring and continued 
through the summer; at first it should be given but seldom—say, once in ten days or a fortnight, but as 
the plants progress in growth it may be given once a week, and continued until the end of September, 
watering with soft water in the intervening time. 
We have now brought both collections to the end of September, the time when all are to be shifted 
into their blooming pots. If ever a shift were to be given with care this is the one, as much of the 
health and beauty of the plants will depend on how this is performed at the present time. If it is not 
now properly executed it is useless to expect good plants next season, and all past trouble and attention 
will have been in vain. The size of the pots will vary according to the strength of the plants, their 
classes, &c.; the Teas, Chinas, &c., if good plants, which by this time they ought to be, may go into 
pots about nine inches in diameter ; the Perpetuals and Summer Boses into pots about twelve inches 
in diameter; whilst some of these latter classes will be strong enough to go into pots fifteen inches in 
diameter or more. Drain well, as recommended on former occasions, putting at least two inches in the 
nine-inch pots, and three inches in the larger sizes, and using large pieces of crocks, having, as before 
observed, the concave side downwards. The soil used is to be the same as in the preceding shifts, 
namely, stiff loam and cow-dung for the strong growers ; the same with the addition of leaf mould for 
the delicate growers ; the mould must be chopped very rough and thoroughly mixed. I shall have 
more to say on this subject of potting. 
JJntirr. 
Sulphurating Machines. —Since our notice of Mr. Fry’s useful contrivance, another machine has been brought 
under our notice by Mr. Epps, nurseryman, of Maidstone—-an instrument which Mr. E. has registered in Britain, 
France, and America. It differs from Mr. Fry’s, inasmuch as it is much more powerful, as it forces the sulphur 
to a considerable distance; and, directed against a bunch of Grapes at the distance of ten feet, the power is sufficient 
to force the sulphur into every part of the bunch. The sulphur, instead of being placed over the fan, is deposited 
in an oscillating box in front of the fan-blower ; and connected with the box is a sifter through which the sulphur 
passes into the tube, from which it is projected into the air, thus securing uniformity of delivery, and avoiding all 
clogging of the machinery. The oscillating motion necessary to ensure the constant movement of the sieve, is 
obtained by a lever and cam, which are worked by the rotatory motion of the wheels that work the fan-blower. 
We are informed it is Mr. Epps’ intention to manufacture his machine of various sizes, and some of them 
sufficiently large to be used for destroying the mildew frequently so destructive to the Turnip, and other agricul¬ 
tural crops; indeed, we see no reason why dry, concentrated manures, for top-dressing crops, could not be dis¬ 
tributed by a similar contrivance, with much greater imiformity than it is possible to distribute it by the hand. 
While writing the preceding, we received an improved machine from the inventors, Messrs. Fry and Alsop, 
and having tested it, we can pronounce it very superior to the machine noticed last month. In this machine the 
sulphur hopper is placed before the blower, and the sulphur is delivered into the tube by means of a graduated 
spindle passing through the lower part of the hopper, and attached to a w T heel, by means of which uniformity in 
the delivery of the sulphur is secured. This machine may also be used as a fumigator, the tobacco being placed 
in a wire-gauze bag, which is passed into the tube of the machine, and so as to admit of a free current of air on 
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