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COMPANION TO THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. 
main dependence must be placed to have a gay house. Heaths, Epacris, 
and such-like will be safe now in some shady place, care having been 
taken to prevent worms from entering the pots by laying a good depth of 
coal-ashes underneath, or by placing a piece of slate for each pot to 
stand on. 
Flower Garden .—Here all ought to be bright and gay. Verbenas, 
Geraniums, Calceolarias, etc., will be filling up the beds and giving abun¬ 
dance of bloom. Where great neatness and particularity are required, it 
will be necessary to go over the beds, constantly cutting out all superfluous 
shoots, and closely pegging down Verbenas. The Rosary will now be 
full of attraction; each day will unfold new beauties, and critical eyes 
will make those that lay claim to novelty to see whether they are equal 
to the older varieties. Care must be taken, for with seventy or eighty 
new claimants every year, as it is impossible to give them all, some either 
of the old or new varieties must be discarded. 
Florists’ Flowers .—Auriculas will only require to be looked over well 
constantly, and greenfly brushed off wherever it appears ; although this is 
more troublesome than fumigating, it is much safer, and the Auricula is 
so uncertain a flower in its likes and dislikes, that we prefer this treat¬ 
ment, although we have between three and four hundred plants. The 
compost for repotting should now be got ready. Carnations and Picotees 
should be layered, and if Pinks are not already piped, they should be done 
now. Dahlias require to be carefully tied. Dahlias to be tied and thinned 
out as they require it. Gladiolus will now be throwing up their flower- 
stems, and it will be desirable to give them some support, to prevent, 
especially in windy places, their being broken off. Pansies ought now to 
be cut down, and the plants placed in a shady place to encourage them 
to make cuttings, as we have always found those taken off in xAugust and 
September to make the best plants. Ranunculus, as the leaves die off, 
should be taken up and dried in a shady place. 
The labour of many months will be now bearing fruit, and we earnestly 
wish all who have taken forethought for the garden, the enjoyment which 
the sight of a w r ell-ordered and well-filled garden is sure to bestow. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
W. Dean.—The fancy Pansies are very beautiful, and we hope to be able to figure 
some of them at some future time. 
F.—We cannot enter into private quarrels. We have seen the correspondence 
you allude to, and think it is a great pity that when people have dirty linen to wash 
they don’t do it at home. As you say, one person is always the aggressor. 
B. R. C.—We opine no Rose is too new ; 1861-62 were mentioned to exclude older 
Roses, not to keep out any newer ones. 
A Lady cannot do better than place herself in the hands of Messrs. Iverv, whose 
collection of British Ferns is unequalled. 
Received, letters of S. R. H. ; R. F.; Bollison and Co.; C. B.; C. T.; Dobson 
and Son. 
