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plants should be attended to whenever it may become neces¬ 
sary. It is usual, as the season advances, to indulge freely in 
the application of stimulants, such as increased heat and mois¬ 
ture ; care should be taken not to fall into an extreme in respect 
to the degree applied. The growth of climbing plants of all 
kinds should be particularly attended to, tying up and pruning 
them as they may require; they should, in all cases, be fur¬ 
nished with supports appropriate to the position they are to 
occupy. Temperature 65° at night, 70° to 85° by day. 
Greenhouse. Both here, and in the stove, propagation 
should be going on briskly, both by means of seeds and cut¬ 
tings. In endeavouring to secure a free admission of air, avoid 
submitting the plants to the chilling influence of piercing winds, 
which are particularly injurious to when forming their 
young and tender shoots. It is important, as the plants extend 
their growth, to fix it in its proper position with reference to 
the general figure of the plant; and the best means of effecting 
this,are those which are the least conspicuous. The plants 
may be re-potted whenever the roots become numerous. 
Flower-Garden. Besides the planting of all hardy plants, 
and the “ dressing” of all flower beds and borders and shrub¬ 
beries, there will be abundant work to be done in the propaga¬ 
tion of half hardy plants in frames, on slight hotbeds, ready for 
“ bedding out” in the flower garden. The cuttings should be 
struck off quickly, potted, and gradually inured, so as to bear 
exposure well, as soon as it is safe to expose them fully. Half 
hardy annuals should be sown in quantities, for a similar pur¬ 
pose, and they should be treated in a similar manner. Both 
these, and the former, should be reared as hardy in their con¬ 
stitution as possible, so that they may grow, away freely when 
planted out. Hardy annuals may be sown in the open ground, 
in the places where they are required to bloom ; they must be 
thinned out, as soon as it can be done, so as not to crowd each 
other, and some protection should be afforded from snails and 
slugs; the best remedy is hand picking at night. Florists’ 
flowers should be protected from heavy rains, especially those 
which are advancing to bloom. The mowing of grass lawns, 
destroying of weeds, and sweeping of walks, should never be 
neglected ; on such routine operations depends much of the 
effect of all other arrangements. T. M. 
