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worm, if present. If tlie soil has been clogged up by bad 
drainage, it would be advisable to pick it away from the 
roots—or, at least, the worst of it—and rei)lace the plant 
in a fresh pot with fresh soil that had been duly aired 
and warmed before using. In general cases, however, it 
would be desirable to defer repotting to March and 
April. Of more consequence, even than this attention 
to the roots, is the keeping the foliage free fi om dust and 
other impurities, by means of a soft hand-brush ; the 
use of a sponge, and giving the ])lant3 good syringings 
with water heated a little; laying the plants so much 
horizontally that but little of the syringings will find 
their way to the soil. The water used should seldom be 
below GO'^. 
liyhernatovies in which plants are merely hept dur¬ 
ing winter, whether pits, cellars, rooms, or hay-lofts, 
should also be closely examined. All decaying parts 
of roots, such as Dahlias, Lobelias, &c., should be re¬ 
moved, and any parts fading be dressed with lime and 
charcoal dust; decayed points of Scarlet Oeruniums, iu j 
pots and boxes, cut back to the sound part, and the cut 
daubed with charcoal. Unless these can be jnivileged 
with light, and a place to grow in, they had belter as yet 
be kept just as dry as would not make them shrivel 
away; though, if very dry, a little water may be given 
about the end of the month. Fuchsias, in such resting- 
places, may now be pruned in, and, if the soil is very 
dry, a little water should be given. If set in moss or 
ashes, and unless the place is very dry, naturally or 
artificially, little water will be wanted before starting 
them fairly into growth. At the same time, they must 
not be thoroughly dry, or the stems will perish. Of 
course, if the place is at all warm it will be impossible 
to keep them from growing, and then, if light cannot be 
duly given, the heat will be ruinous for all sturdy growth. 
Hybernatories for all such plants should command dry- . 
n3ss, and a temperature ranging from 32^^ to 40°. Care j 
should also be taken to provide soil for summer use; or, | 
rather, for the succeeding summer, if a supply is already I 
provided. As often mentioned, hazelly, sandy loam, | 
from a highway side, answers admirably for most i 
purposes. 
GREENHOUSE. 
The subject of air-giving lately occupied attention, 
and the priucijdes of watering have frequently been re¬ 
ferred to; and these, with suitable temperature and 
cleanliness, are the chief matters of routine. I will 
merely instance a few things requiring particular atten¬ 
tion. Azaleas that set their blooms early, and are now 
plump, may soon be brought into flower in a moist 
temperature of from 55° to 05°, and should bo brought 
to a warm place in the greenhouse as soon as their buds 
begin to open. The most forward of the others will 
come in succession. Ghent Azaleas, Rhododendrons, 
Weiijelia rosea. Lilacs, and other shrubs, are easily forced 
after February; high success depending, however, 
greatly in having the pots well filled with roots, and 
giving bottom-heat at first. Camellias and Perpetual 
Carnations, supply with manure-water; forced bulbs, 
ditto ; and bring on successions Narcissus, Hyacinths, 
Tulips, Jonquils, Lachenalias, Speraxis, Ixias, Oxalis, 
&c. Ripen and dry oil' roots of Oxalis Boweii. Cine- \ 
rarias repot into larger pots intended for fine plants in i 
May. Calceolarias will require similar treatment, and ! 
must bo looked sharj)ly into for Green Fly. Chinese Pri- '■ 
niulas supply with manure-water when wanted, and ex¬ 
pose to all the sun possible. The double should stand at 
a warm end. Fricas, Fpacris, and other hard-wooded 
plants, expose to as much air as possible when the ex¬ 
ternal temperature ranges from 40° to 45°, and there are 
no soaking fogs. Fuchsias prune back, and repot the 
most forward. There are many modes of treating them i 
successfully detailed iu previous volumes. R. Fish. 
{To be coiiluiiied.) 
Arbutus in the Crimea. —“ A handsome Arbutus i 
(Arbutus andrachne, L.) grew in a cleft of the rock, and 
had evidently stood there for several centuries, it had 
defied all the storms of nature, till at length sacrilegious 
hands had deprived it of some of its most beautiful ; 
branches. Ever since the southern coast has been a 
favourite resort of the Russian nobility, this Arbutus 
was an object of admiration. Strangers were always ; 
conducted hither to behold the glorious ])rospect and j 
this splendid specimen of a tree. The deed is still more ! 
to be regretted, as it evidently jiroceeded from malice, for 
the branches were found lying close beside the stem. It | 
is not improbable that it was committed by one of those j 
fanatical Tartars who still continue to bear a grudge iu j 
their hearts against the Christians, the enemies of 
Islam, and yet are too strongly attached to the soil on 
which they were born to make up their minds to 
emigrate. The Prince ordered that the branches which 
had been lopped off should be left at the foot of the 
stem, in order that they may bear testimony to the size 
of the tree; but even in its present damaged condition 
it interested mo extremely. The Arbutus is one of 
those evergreen shrubs which have no underwood, and 
grow on rocky ground. It is very rare to meet with any 
extent of ground exclusively occupied by this plant. 
One instance, however, where this occurs, may be seen 
in the lower portion of the Churuk valley, and it has a 
very peculiar effect. The light, brow'ii-red bark, which 
peels off in strips, forms a strong contrast to the 
brilliant fresh green of the leaves, and white pendulous 
cluster of blossom, or to the fruit, resembling the straw¬ 
berry in colour and form. The specimen now before us 
was three feet in diameter a foot above the ground, but 
since it had been deprived of its finest branches was 
altogether only twenty-four feet high.”— (Koch's Odessa 
and the Crimea.) 
NOTES FROM PARIS. 
The first day of the new year is always a remarkable day 
in Paris; it is, indeed, the very chief oi fete days for the 
Parisians, who make a point of inaugurating the nouvclle 
auuce with as much jovial excitement as possible. On tliat 
day we have all sorts of ceremonies, presents and presenta¬ 
tions, with no end of friendly greetings—such greetings, too, 
as might lead one to sujtpose that those who exchange them 
had been separated for months. All tlie grand dignitaries i 
of Church and State, the directors of public institutions, and 
the representatives of foreign Courts, are invited to the 
Tulleries. 
New Year’s-day is also a day of fresh starts, important 
changes, and new yirojects. Of this category, such as are of 
great public interest have been duly noticed, and commented 
on by those who notice public affairs only. Rut there ai-e, also, 
one or two of horticultural interest which may have been 
overlooked, or considered as undeserving of attention. The 
first is the retirement of Professor Recaisne from the chief 
editorship of the Revue Horticule, and the second is the 
filling of his place by M. L)u Breuil, lecturer on Arboricul¬ 
ture at the C'ouservuloire des Arts et Metiers in the PiUC 
St. Martin. 
As a matter of course, M. Du Breuil begins the onerous 
duties of his oftice in a long address to the readers of the 
Revue, and in which they are infonued that several impiove- 
ments are to be made in the management of that work. 
“ The Revue Ilorticole," says the now Editor, '■ has now 
been established thirty years. After several modifications, 
rendered necessary by the progress of horticulture, it has 
secured the remarkuhte impulurity which it enjoys at the i)re- 
sent day.” (Near two thousand subsciiber.s.) It appears that 
M. Decaisne had only been editor fur about two years, and 
that it was chiefiy during his term of ollice that tlie Jtevue 
“became really interesting.” “This latter part of the col¬ 
lection presents, in short, a complete picture of all the 
horticultural improvements conceived during that lapse of : 
time.” That is, 1 suppose, during the preceding twenty- 
