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THE FLORIST^ JOURNAL. 
vious growth, but seek not to add thereto till the proper season 
arrives. An average temperature of 45° will be sufficiently 
elevated. 
The Flower-Garden will now be desolate, unless some 
means have been devised to supply the place of the summer 
flowers : perhaps there is no better plan than to keep a supply of 
small evergreens in pots, which might be done with but little 
trouble, and these may be plunged into the beds when the flowers 
are removed. They ought in all cases to be kept together, in 
masses of the same kind of plant, as being far preferable, in point 
of taste, to an indiscriminate mixture. No plant is better adapted 
for this purpose than the dwarf British Furze (Ulex nana), which 
flowers so universally throughout the winter, that love is said to 
be out of date when furze is out of bloom. Other plants adapted 
for the same purpose are, Aucuba japonica, Buxus sempervirens 
suffruticosafcftmr/’ Tree Box) ; Hex Aquifolium(ATo// < y), green and 
variegated varieties ; Phillyrea, several species ; Erica, the hardy 
species ; Berberis Aquifolium ; Cistus, several species ; Ledum or 
Leiophyllum thymifolium and L. palustre; Vinca major, ( Perri - 
winkle) ; Prinos glaber ( Winter berry) ; Daphne pontica, D. col- 
lina, D. Gnidium, and D. cneorum; Garrya eliptica; Pinus pumilio 
and its varieties; P. Cembra pygmaea; Cupressus and Juniperus, 
several species; Ruscus aculeatus {Butcher s broom) ; Araucaria 
imbricata; Yucca filamentosa, and Y. recurvifolia. A selection 
made from plants similar to these, and arranged so as to combine 
a pleasing variation with harmony of effect, would supply all 
that could be desired. 
Plants in frames, intended for bedding out in summer, require 
especial attention, to guard against both damp and frost: such 
plants should receive the full influence of the air at all times 
when it can be admitted to them without risk; and they should 
be kept dry as possible, never watering them except when it be¬ 
comes absolutely necessary, nor taking off the sashes in damp 
weather: coverings sufficient to exclude frost should be duly 
applied, and these should be elevated a few inches from the 
glass, so as to enclose a space beneath them, which will serve as 
a powerful non-conductor. In the event of very severe weather 
tulip beds, and also those of ranunculus and hyacinths, will re¬ 
quire covering. Auriculas, polyanthus, picotees, &c., the same 
as last and previous month. 
