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THE COTTAGE GAEDENEU. 
Novemreii 18 . 
will exert no inflaenco in starting tlie Vine buds until 
tlie sun gains strengtii in spring. After that period, 
cither the Vines or the plants must become the principal 
thing, as one temperature would not be the best lor 
both. When Geraniums and Calceolarias, &c. are 
gradually removed, tender annuals, and other things, 
may take their place, wherever light can be com¬ 
manded. Wlien the Grapes ripen, it will be desirable 
to have as few plants as possible, and whilst they 
remain, the bunches quite ripe may be secured by 
glazed bags of calico or paper. A friend of ours, by 
using bladders, kept good Grapes until Christmas, 
though the leaves of his Vines were ripe and removed, 
and the house filled with plants by the third week 
in October. The house was crammed all the winter 
for house and flower-garden decoration, and the 
hardiest being removed under shelter in iMarch and 
April, relargoniums, &c., bloomed on the front shelves 
in May, and following months, and were removed to 
the dwelling-house windows when it was desirable 
to keep the greenhouse closer than would suit the 
plants, in order to get the Grapes swelled and ripened 
moderately early. “Keej) every garden structure to its 
legitimate use,” is all very well, but few can act ujito it; 
and, least of all, would it be desirable in the possessor of 
one house. 'J'here is nothing to prevent tlie enjoying 
the full advantages of a greenhouse during all the 
dullest and most desolate months of the year, and 
obtaining a fair crop of Grapes moderately eaily in tl)e 
autumn; so early, tliat most of tliem may be cut before 
the house requires to be quite filled with plants. If 
possible, I should prefer all the Grapes to be cut, and 
the Vines and house thoroughly cleansed before the 
plants were admitted. If these are clean, a little 
tobacco-smoke, now and then, would keep all insects at a 
distance. Many, with little experience, get shoals of 
insects to contend with in winter, because, from a 
mistaken kindness, they keep their plants too close and 
too warm. Plenty of air, if not below 40", will heep the 
plants healthy, and insects, in general, like a much 
higher temperature. I have met with several instances, 
this season, in which amateurs kept one out of their 
two small glass-houses sacred to Vines alone, and T have 
no right to quarrel with their determination. Were J 
in their case, 1 should act difierently, 
HAKD-WOODED PLANTS, 
It is hoped that all these, A;tnleas, Heaths, TJpclcrises, 
Diosmas, Podolohiams, and Chorozeinas, are safely 
housed, the pots washed, and every thing clean and neat 
about them. Some of these will come under particular 
notice presently. The general treatment they require, 
is plenty of air when the external atmosphere is above 
AO'-', less, if lower; but the use of a little fire-heat, in 
preference to keeping the house close. When fire-heat 
is used, seldom allow it to rise above 4.0°, wnth a rise of 
10“ from sunshine. Use no fire in the morning when 
it is likely to be sunny. AVater only when the plants 
need it, and then give as much as will moisten every 
fibre. I sa.y fibre, instead of soil, because, in the case of 
plants that might have been potted late, the soil will 
not be fully occupied with roots, and that part should 
not bo kept in a drenched state. 
FLOllISTS’ PELA11GONIUM.S. 
Ihe less these grow at this season, the sturdier and 
compactor will the plants bo, and the better will they 
bloom. Plent}'^ ot air, a temperature at night, from 40“ 
to 45°, and a minimum of the water-pot, are the chief 
things to be attended to. 
HERBACEOUS CALCEOLARIAS. 
Keep these growing slowly, and rather moist, A dry 
atmosphere will cause you to see the Thrip and the Red 
Spider. Eew.are of hot-water in watering them. Let 
it be cool, if only 8° above freezing, in preference to 
having it chilled. If grown in a house, the pots had 
better stand on moist moss. 
CINERARIAS. 
The same rule applies, with the exception of using 
chilled water. These will now be growing freely, and if 
large plants are wanted, the plants must not be stunted 
for want of pot room. R. Ejsh. 
Sale of the Horticut.turat, Society’s Orchids. —This 
first dismemberment of what should be our National Society, 
took place on the 7th and 8th instant. There were three 
hundred lots, including some rare trees, and they were 
disposed of for T.754. The following were some of the 
chief lots:— 
Lot- je .t. d. 
IP. Brasavol.i Dighyana. 3 o 0 
28. Uelaliechca Australis, the Australian Hottlc-trcc, 
rni-e, and Antiaris toxicaria, the Upas-tree, Jine 3 
30. Lielia acuminata, vei'ff Jine . 3 
31. Cattlcya ma.xinia, very fine . 1 ) 
42. .Myristica moschata, the true Nutmeg-tree,//«e .. 2 
44 . Angra;cuni eburneuni. specimen .... ^ 
51. Aerides Koxburghi, the Ceylon variety, very fine.. 5 
53. Aerides crispum . ip 10 
Cs. Yellow dwarf .liiffna Cocoanut,from Ceylon ,4 0 
101 . Sophronitis cernua./t'rtf witm . 3 
110 . Oncidium ampliatum, viir. grandiflorum, very fine 4 
llO. Cattleya crispa, 2 
12 p. Oncidium guttatuni, the best variety, uerj/y/ne .. 4 
130. Vanda tricolor.yfnesf variety.mugnificent specimen 11 
148. Ceroxylon andicoia, the Wax Palm. 4 
14p. Etclia anceps . 3 15 
150. PitALyUNOPSis AMABiLis. This magnificent specimen was the 
finest which Mr. Fortune sent home from the Philippines, jt '68 5s., by 
the Duke of Devonshire. 
ipi. Cattleya pallida, jfne . 6 
203. Sobralia, dwarf variety of S. macrantha. 3 
210. Cattleya labiataatropurpurea . 4 
218. Yellow dwarf .lalfnaCocoanut, from Ceylon, very rare 6 
221 . Masdevallia coceinea! ! must rare and beautiful 6 
230. Cattleya Skinneri. p 
236 . I.ycaste Skinneri,. 8 
240. Ccelogyne cristata, very fine .. 8 
241. Dendbobium speciosu.m. This magnificent specimen has 124 
pseudo-bulbs, and is 4l feet in diameter. ^‘10. Duke of Devonshire. 
251. Epidendrum myrianthum, must rare and mag¬ 
nificent . 4 
203. Cattleya pallida . 4 
283. Cibotium Sebiedeanum, a magnificent tree Fern 12 
286. Araucaria Cookii, eery ... . 6 
287. Dammara ovata, very rare . 4 
288. Araucaria Bidwilli,yi'«ep/fmf . 6 
2P3. Oncidium Skinneri, very fine . 4 
2 p 6 . Lieliaanceps,./free. lo 
2 PP. Ltelia anceps, and Leelia Barkeri, very fine . 17 
300. Laslia SUPBRBIE.NS. The finest specimen in Europe of a 
living Orchid j it has 220 pseudo-bulbs, and is 17 feet in circumference} 
it is still attached to the block of wood on which it was found growing in 
the Forests of Guatemala. ^'36 ISs., by — Fairrie, Esq., Liverpool. 
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THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S VILLA AT 
CHISAVICK. 
{Continued from po'jc 70.) 
Passing from tlio ilower-garden, wo came to a 
building without a roof or windows. I suppose it must 
have been intended for a conservatory, an orangery, or, 
perliaps, merely a place to sit down and rest in after 
walking through the long range of lionscs. It is beau¬ 
tifully paved inside the walls, with difl'erent-coloiired 
pebbles, in the Alosaic style. At each end is a dense 
mass of Yews, so that the building, on being viewed 
from tlie walk leading to it, appears like some Grecian 
Temple without a dome, built on arches. The garden, 
seen tlirough these arches, has a very lino effect, whieli 
is still more heightened, further back, by being seen 
through a second set of arches formed with Irish Ivy. 
On passing through both these arches, we arrive at an 
open grove of tall trees; to tlie left of wliicli, and close 
to it, is the mansion, and what may be called the garden 
entrance. I was much struck by observing how green 
the turf was under these trees. In summer, the Duke 
