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foliage, and loosening tlie surface soil. It is a 
good plan to have the plants fairly well dry 
while frosts last, but so soon as it has passed 
from the soil, all plants needing water should 
have it freely, giving it early in the day, so 
that the soil can drain well by night. If frost 
follows hard on the heels of the watering, the 
frames should have some additional covering, 
or there is danger of the pots being cracked by 
the expansion of the soil caused by the action 
of frost. Any plants coming on into flower, 
such as Christman Hoses , Scillas , Homan Hya¬ 
cinth, s, Alyosotis dissitijiora , &c., should be 
taken into the warm greenhouse and en- 
couraged to bloom. In mild weather, plenty 
of air should be given, as growing plants be¬ 
come drawn when this is withdrawn from them. 
—Suburb anus. 
CYPRIPEDIUM VEXILLARIUM. 
HYBRID Cypripediums are now somewhat 
W numerous, thanks to the Messrs. Vcitch 
US’ and Sons, and their able assistants ; they 
are also in most instances very handsome, and 
have the reputation of being freer as to growth 
and bloom than the introduced species from 
which they have been raised, possibly because 
they have the vigour of youth on their side. The 
form here represented by a woodcut the Messrs. 
Veitch have placed at our disposal, is that 
