they grow to pinch them in, so as to form close compact plants. 
A little attention during the summer will effect this, and then 
early in autumn let them be taken up (say about the middle of 
September) and potted in a mixture of loam, leaf-mould, and 
well-rotted dung. Some advise them to be put at once into 
the pots they are to bloom in the following year, while others 
advise a smaller size ; but in any circumstance they should not 
be over-watered, and kept in an open and airy part of the green¬ 
house. In February they should be cut back, and they will 
then soon start into growth and make fine plants,—much finer 
than if they had been kept in pots all the time. 
Venus (w 7 hich seems as if it would be admirably suited for 
pot purposes) is dwarf and compact in habit, with a broad, 
dark horseshoe, the centre of the leaf yellow-green, which be¬ 
comes more yellow when planted out, while the horseshoe 
breaks into blotches of brown and buff. It received a first-class 
certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society. Resides this, 
Mr. Halley has Bed Biding Hood , Enamel , and Boom Hood. We 
have also seen Luna and Little Treasure (Saltmarsh), each 
excellent in their way. Mr. Bull lias some fine varieties, and 
so has Mr. George Smith, among which w r e may specify High- 
gate Rival , the Clown , and Glory , so that there is little proba¬ 
bility of the love of novelty being nngratined this season. 
