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country. In those situations, and in rich alluvial soil, the stems 
rise to the height of six or eight feet, and the nodding spikes of 
flowers are magnificent. 
From these circumstances, I should conceive that the readiest 
way of flowering this plant would be to keep it rather dry 
throughout the depth of winter ; and about the first of February, 
shift it into a large pot,- a sixteenth size at least, and in a compost 
of strong loam well enriched with rotten dung ; then plunge in a 
brisk bark-bed heat to prompt a vigorous growth by daily 
supplies of tepid water. Or if planted in a trunk, in the corner of 
a bark bed, the plant would have a good chance to perfect its 
flowers. 
Our plant belongs to the first class and first order of sexual 
botany ; and to the natural order Scitaminece, and is easily propa¬ 
gated by division of the root. 
It is hardly necessary to add, that there are many other stove 
plants which seldom or never flower under the ordinary stove 
management ; but which are well worth a little extra labour to 
bring them into flower, and particularly several genera belonging 
to the same natural order to which the alpinia does. 
Queen’s Elms. 
CALENDAR FOR NOVEMBER. 
Stove. —Little remains to be done in this department after repotting, &c. 
besides the regular routine of watering, attending to fires, and so forth. A 
little fresh air is beneficial at this season, if it can be given without lowering 
the temperature of the house too much; the average of which should be about 
sixty-five degrees. Keep the house clean, and the plants neat. 
Greenhouse. —On dry open days as much air as possible should be given ; 
and after three or four wet days, even though the weather is warm, a little fire 
is necessary to expel damp : keep the house on an average at about forty-five 
to fifty degrees. Some more chrysanthemums may now be brought in to keep 
up a succession of flowers. Should any of the Eucas, or other New Holland 
plants, appear to be infected with mildew, strew a little sulphur on the parts, 
and stand them in a dry part of the house. Fumigate once or twice in the 
course of the month. Oranges, camellias, &c., should have their leaves and 
stems washed with clean water and soap. 
