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rately moist state, ready for use; further particulars on this head 
will be found in No. I. of this volume. The heap of compost in¬ 
tended for next season’s potting should be turned over now and 
and then. The winter rains waste a considerable portion of the 
the nourishing qualities if it is left fully exposed. A temporary 
covering over the heap is advisable, so that the soil shall be pre¬ 
served in a half-dry state. The frost will then act upon it more 
beneficially. J. T. Neville. 
Carnations and Picotees. —Those not potted early, unless shel¬ 
tered from wet some time before potting, have suffered much 
this autumn. Keep the stock dry, without going to extremes. 
Cut away dead foliage as often as it appears. Give plenty of 
air, without allowing the rain to wet the plants, or the wind 
to loosen them. The surface of the mould in the pots should 
be slightly scratched, to prevent its becoming green. 
C. Turner. 
Cinerarias.- — I last month warned your readers to guard against 
those f< touch-and-go” frosts which sometimes occur in Novem¬ 
ber. On the morning of the 5th we were visited by one of 
unusual severity, preceded, on the 4th, by a cold and piercing 
wind, accompanied with snow. Happy is he, therefore, who pro¬ 
fited by my warning, for many, I fear, will regret the loss of some 
of their favourites. Lovers of the Cineraria will now begin to 
reap the harvest of their care, as some of the earliest plants will 
now begin to shew their colours; and where they have been 
carefully attended to, a stream of beauty will continue to flow on 
until midsummer. We have no plant more docile than the Cine¬ 
raria. A few more plants should now be put into the greenhouse, 
to succeed those already there. Look well after those in pits or 
frames. Plants that are intended for exhibition must not be 
allowed to become pot-bound, neither must they be allowed to 
stand close together : fine plants cannot be obtained, unless they 
stand so that the foliage of the one cannot touch that of the 
other. See that the outsides of your frames or pits are well 
banked up with road-drift, decayed hotbeds, or any convenient 
material that will resist the coming frosts ; be well prepared, also, 
with mats and litter: they will require a foot thick of covering, 
if the weather comes very severe. Give all the air possible, either 
by tilting the lights in rainy weather, or drawing them off when 
fine; than this, nothing will conduce so much towards keeping 
the plants in health. Fumigate as soon as you see an aphide, or 
bid good bye to the beauty of your bloom : they are very fond of 
insinuating themselves close round the flower-buds, and will very 
soon suck all the goodness out of them. A. Kendall. 
Queen Elizabeth's Walk , Stoke Newington. 
Epacrises.— There need be so little difference observed in the 
management of the Epacris and the Heath, that a separate 
monthly article is scarcely necessary ; indeed, when one house 
