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they are also better protected from the easterly wind, which is 
more injurious than any other to these hardy plants. 
J. T. Neville. 
Calceolarias.— The shoots which u r ere removed from the parent- 
plants, and are now well rooted, should be shifted into about 
4-inch pots, with plenty of drainage, for the winter. Seedlings 
which require it should also receive the shift which is to serve 
them until the days lengthen : these will not stand still like the 
old plants, and need not have so many crocks, but still good open 
drainage. Keep all the plants perfectly clear of green-fly. 
Sudbury, Derbyshire. W. H. Holmes. 
Carnations and Picotees. —Potting for winter should now be com¬ 
pleted. Care should be taken to remove all dead foliage caused 
by taking them from the parent plant; and they should be grown 
as hardy as possible. C. Turner. 
Cinerarias should now be in their winter quarters; a cold pit or 
frame, with a good dry bottom, suits them best. If frosty nights 
occur, roll a mat over them, but let the lights be drawn off at 
every opportunity. Some of them will now be forming their 
flower-stems : if early flowers are desired, a few should be placed 
in a greenhouse. Shift into larger pots such as require it; fine 
plants can only be obtained by giving every encouragement; 
a Cineraria should never be pot-bound. Water should be given 
more sparingly ; still they should not be allowed to get dry. The 
Cineraria is a plant which grows throughout the wdnter. Pay 
strict attention to the health of the plants; the green-fly and the 
mildew are the greatest enemies to the Cineraria. There is no 
excuse for the first: tobacco, either by fumigation or syringing 
with a solution, will extirpate that: the second is not so easily 
disposed of; some varieties seem constitutionally disposed to it. 
Dust with sulphur on its very first appearance ; it is an unsightly 
remedy, but the only sure one at present known. Let the com¬ 
post be,—1 barrow of good brown turfy loam, 1 ditto good old 
well-decomposed horse or cow dung, -i- ditto leaf-mould, ^ ditto 
silver sand. A. Kendall. 
Queen Elizabeth Walk, Stoke Newington. 
Dahlias. —The frost in many localities will have closed the autumnal 
account of this noble flower, yet much seed can occasionally be 
secured after this time; therefore remove all dead petals, other¬ 
wise the seed will rot in the pods, there being so much moisture 
at this time. Great care will be required in drying it after 
gathered. Any choice varieties, seedlings, &c. may be either 
taken up, potted in large pots, and placed in the greenhouse to 
ripen off, or should have a little litter placed round the crown 
for security against a sudden frost, as the weather must regulate 
the time of taking up. See that all are correctly named before 
they are out of bloom. C. Turner. 
Nursery, Chalvey. 
