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vated fields, surrounded by neatly-kept hedges, 
and in which it would have been scarcely 
possible to discover a weed. Ilis neighbour, 
Mr. Edmonds, pays the following tribute to 
his memory in The Gardeners' Chronicle :— 
“ Mr. Cock was .one of the earliest and also 
one of the most successful contributors to the 
first shows of the Horticultural Society at 
Chiswick, the contemporary of Green and 
Barnes, and others whoso names have long 
been household words amongst exhibitors. 
Ilis favourite flower was the Pc'argonium, 
and those who remember the exhibitions that 
were held in the Society’s Garden at Chis¬ 
wick about the year 1835, will not have for¬ 
gotten the handsome and well-managed speci¬ 
mens which were shown by Mr. Cock. His 
were invariably the plants that carried off the 
first prizes, although his friend Mr. Catleugh 
sometimes ran him hard. He had a correct 
eye and good taste, and no one in his day 
knew better than he what constituted a good 
Pelargonium flower. He was also a most 
successful cultivator of the Bal-am. Some 
specimens exhibited by him about the date 
already mentioned were wonderful examples 
of high cultivation. Four plants only could 
be pressed into a large van. Each plant 
measured 6 feet in height, and as much in 
diameter, one only having been grown in alight. 
Of late years Mr. Cock had given up the culti¬ 
vation of his former favourites, and spent his 
leisure time in growing Camellias, Epacrises, 
seedling scarlet Pelargoniums, &c. His 
habits were of the most retiring kind, and 
his charity to his poorer neighbours of the 
most liberal but unostentatious character. He 
was indeed a true friend to his neighbours, 
and will be missed by many—by none more 
than myself.” 
M. Marius Porte, to whom we owe the 
introduction into Europe of many valuable 
plants from the Brazils and Philippine Islands, 
died at Manilla on the 15th of January last. 
We learn from a foreign horticultural j ournal 
that his last illness resulted from the fatigue 
which he had endured during a journey in 
the interior of Luzon. 
CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS. 
STOVE AND ORCHID-HOUSES. 
Stove .—Stove plants are now growing freely, 
Allow more air, and inure them to more light 
by reducing the shading; this will help to 
keep the growth compact, and will assist 
plants done blooming to ripen their wood. 
.Regulate climbing plants. Attend to potting, 
&c., plants to flower late in the autumn; these 
may now be fully exposed, to arrest their 
groAvth and induce an early bloom. Orchids. 
—Those kinds vdiich appear to have done 
growing may be gradually exposed to more 
light and a drier atmosphere, preparatory to 
putting them to rest. Keep up a moist atmo¬ 
sphere in the case of plants in full growth, 
and see that those on blocks, &c., are kept duly 
moistened, otherwise a cessation of growth 
will take place too soon. Growth should be 
encouraged to its utmost limits, if fine strong 
plants are desired. 
GREENHOUSE. 
Camellias and Azaleas .—Camellias "will by 
this time be mostly out of doors ; attend to 
their wants with water, and guard against 
their being blown over by the wind. Azaleas 
which have formed their buds may be at once 
set out in a sunny exposure. Protect the pots, 
however, from being acted on by the midday 
sun, or injury to the plants, if not death, will 
be the consequence. Cinerarias .—Pot off cut- j 
tings as soon as struck into small pots, and 
repo - as soon as the roots have fairly reached 
the sides of the pots. Cuttings may still be put 
in for a succession. Seedlings should also be 
repotted and used in a similar manner; mil¬ 
dew is the principal evil to guard against. ! 
Sulphur the leaves immediately on its appear¬ 
ance. They are easily grown if they receive 
proper attention at the proper time, and no 
class of flowers sooner repays the little care 
bestowed on it than the Cineraria, with its 
lively flowers in early" spring. Pelargoniums. 
— Cutting down should not be delayed, or the 
young stock will be late. Pot off young plants 
as soon as sufficiently rooted. The strongest of 
these intended for specimens should be selected 
and have an extra shift this month, that a con¬ 
siderable growth may be made in the autumn. 
Seed, as it ripens, should be sown in pans or 
broad-topped pois, which should be slightly^ 
shaded in very bright weather. The first-cut- 
down plants—those in fended for early bloom, 
next spring—w r ill be sufficiently broken to be 
shaken out of the old soil towards the end of 
the month, and af er being disrooted they 
should be repotted in fresh soil, in pots a size 
smaller. Place them in a frame or close house 
for a time, keeping them near the glass, and 
closely shading during the dayn Dry the 
plants every morning by giving air, and harden 
them gradually as the roots reach the pots. 
Fancies require veryr similar treatment; the 
soil, however, should be a little lighter. 
CONSERVATORY. 
Give air in abundance at every opportunity, 
1 to keep the wood from drawing. This is the 
more necessary from the amount of shade re¬ 
quired to render this structure comfortable in 
hot weather. Keep as few extra plants in the 
house as possible, in order to give the proper 
treatment to the permanent stock. Bring 
forward a supply of Liliums, Scarlet Pelar- 
