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will hold the two genera without crowding, there can be no 
objection to their being kept together. Mine are associated with 
Camellias, Azaleas, and Seedling Pelargoniums, which give me 
the opportunity of keeping them a little warmer (desirable, but 
not indispensable), as I think the flower-buds swell, ripen, and ex¬ 
pand more freely in a temperature of 45° or 50° than in a lower 
one. Water sparingly, and when air is required for a short time in 
the middle of a sunny day, give it from the roof. Have your fuel 
always at hand, to light a fire before going to bed should the 
thermometer be approaching freezing-point. In a house fur¬ 
nished as mine is, the temperature should never be allowed to go 
beneath 35°; 40° would be better. W. H. Story. 
Ericas.— The mode of procedure for the Erica during this and the 
following month or two may be stated in a few words :—It was 
recommended in the last article to keep the plants in as quiescent 
a state as possible, to be effected by a uniformly low tempera¬ 
ture, and using no more water than is sufficient to impart a 
slight dampness to the soil. Regulate the admission of air 
by the temperature from without; if the weather be dry and 
calm, and the thermometer not lower than 35°, admit air from the 
roof-lights till three o’clock ; not from the side, as chilly currents, 
coming into immediate contact with the plants, are apt to turn 
the foliage rusty, more especially the Vestitas and their allies. 
Should the air be humid and the plants feel damp, down with 
top lights, light a fire, and expel the enemy; in a word, keep the 
plants as dry and cool (short of frost) as possible. I have in a 
former paper recommended that fire-heat, to raise the tempera¬ 
ture of the house, should be resorted to as seldom as possible. 
I again reiterate it: never light a fire before going to bed, unless 
you conceive it more than probable that there will be 6 or 7 
degrees of frost out of doors, before the hour of rising in the 
morning. W. H. Story. 
Fuchsias. —Fuchsias are in the cold frame at rest; nothing there¬ 
fore is necessary to be said about them. Another month I may 
have a word to say about seed and seedlings. W. H. Story. 
Pansies planted out should be secured from rocking by the wund 
with old Carnation-pegs. The surface of the beds must be 
loosened occasionally, as the late heavy and continual rain has 
made them hard; and they will become sour if this is not 
attended to. If the beds are in a very wet state, dig out the 
alleys or walks to the depth of a spit, or spit and half. Those 
in pots should be kept moderately dry, clean, and with plenty 
of air. The situation of the frame for wintering them should 
be very light. C. Turner. 
Pelargoniums. —The plants ought still to be at rest, and watered 
sparingly, and in the morning. Fires will be required on cold 
nights ; and then caution must be used not to have the houses 
