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THE FLORIST’S JOURNAL. 
Indies it requires the warmest part of the plant stove: this per¬ 
haps, and the large space it occupies when grown well, has 
been the principal cause for rejecting it. from the generality of 
collections ; still where room can be allowed, it is a desirable 
plant. 
The general management of Bignonia is extremely simple 
and uniform ; all the species, whether climbers or not, delight 
in rich fibrous loam, with which a small portion of heath mould 
may be mixed in order to preserve it open and permeable to the 
roots. The climbing species grow most luxuriantly, and conse¬ 
quently arrive at a flowering state earlier, when planted in the 
borders of the house which they are intended to ornament: 
they should be pruned annually, the best season for which is 
September and October, when all unripe or immature wood 
should be cut away, so that the remaining portion may have the 
full influence of light and air, as it frequently happens that 
when the branches are left in a crowded state mildew attacks 
them, and the growth of the succeeding year is weak and 
unfruitful. The management of arborescent kinds differs in no 
respect from that usual for other stove plants, while the treat¬ 
ment of the hardy and deciduous species may be assimilated 
correctly with that usual for the grape vine. 
Editor. 
THE EFFECTS OF THE SEASON. 
Sir, —Florists are privileged to complain of the weather, and 
to find what faults they please with the seasons, and I, as one, 
cannot resist the temptation which this privilege offers; for 
really my experience does not extend to such another as the 
present. For nearly twenty-seven weeks ive have not had so 
much rain as would form a good shower, and in consequence 
every class of vegetation out of doors is fast losing that active 
vitality so necessary to the production of flowers and seed, and 
which we look for and admire so much at this season. Watering 
and the application of mulch, or manure, can only be regarded 
as a means to defer the evil; they will not, cannot impart the 
vigour that a single shower of rain would : still, such i,s the 
only remedy, and therefore must claim, and be allowed the first 
attention. In this neighbourhood Ranunculuses, Pinks, Car- 
