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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ November, 
ruined for want of proper pruning. Proceed with the pruning and nailing of Wall- 
trees in mild weather. Prune Currant bushes; Gooseberries had better be left 
till spring, as birds, particularly bullfinches, often make great destruction among 
the buds. This is a good time to put in cuttings of Gooseberries and Currants. 
Manure and fork over Strawberry plantations. Pay great attention to the fruit 
in the fruit-room ; pick out all the small fruit, and any that are in the least 
decayed, and keep all the best on the shelves. 
In-Doors. —The Pine plants intended for starting in January should now be 
at rest; ventilate freely when the weather is fine, and keep the house dry; 
maintain a night temperature of about 60°, and see that the bottom-heat does 
not get below 80°. Plants that are showing fruit will require a temperature of 
from 65° to 70° at night, and 80° during the day ; water with tepid water when 
they require it. If succession plants have a nice steady bottom-heat of about 
80°, they will not require much attention beyond giving air when the weather 
permits. Keep a moist atmosphere in the early Vinery ; the night temperature 
should not exceed 50° until the buds begin to swell, when it may be gradually 
raised to 60°. If the outside border is not heated by hot water, see that it is 
kept sufficiently warm by fermenting materials. Start a second house, and 
prune the Vines in others for starting in succession. Keep houses containing 
ripe grapes as dry and cool as possible, and remove all decaying leaves from the 
Vines. The directions given last month for the trees in early Peach houses are 
applicable this month for those in the late houses ; give the houses all the air 
possible when the weather is at all favourable. When the leaves are all off, 
prune Fig-trees , and dress with the mixture recommended last month for Peaches ; 
vvhen dry tie the shoots to the trellis ; give air freely in open weather. This is 
a good time to procure young Cherry-trees from the nurseries; pot them in turfy 
loam and a little decayed cow-dung, and afterwards plunge the pots in an open 
situation. Take advantage of dry weather to goVJSirawberries into their winter 
quarters. I advise ridging them as a good plan, as the soil can be kept dry, the 
roots are safe from injury, and the plants are easily protected in frosty weather. 
A good batch of plants should be put into a pit or vinery, to be in readiness for 
early forcing. —M. Saul, Stourton. 
PICTURES OF PALM TREES. 
Kentia Canterburtana. 
iURING the past season our greenhouses have been enriched by the acquisi¬ 
tion of some very elegant species of Palms from the Lord Howe Islands, a 
group lying to the north-east of Sydney, in latitude 31° 30' S. The plants 
are consequently well adapted for cultivation in a temperate house. Three 
species have made their appearance in this country: K. Canterbury ana, K. 
australis , and K. Forsteriana , to which M. Linden adds from the same source 
one which he calls K. Balniorecina. 
We are indebted to Mr. Bull, of Chelsea, for the illustration we now give of 
