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when trained flat and formal. The plants which I exhibited 
at Chiswick, in May, that were so favorably noticed in the 
journals, and for which I was awarded the first prize, were 
treated as I have described. When the plants are no longer an 
ornament, take them to a cool shaded situation, and remove 
the flower stems as soon as they are ripe, and pick off all the 
dead leaves, just giving them enough of water to keep them a little 
moist; this is the trying time; but after a short interval of rest, 
they soon begin to grow, when they should be top-dressed with 
rather sandy soil. If a large increase is wanted, take off the shoots 
as soon as they are fit for cutting, (not stripping the old plants too 
bare, or they are apt to perish,) and plant them under a hand¬ 
glass in a shaded situation; when rooted put them into No. 60 
pots ; set them in a close frame facing the north, where they 
soon get established, and afterwards remove them to a pit. About 
the middle of October I divide the old plants, pot them in as small 
pots as convenient, and treat them in every respect the same as 
cuttings. 
The above, with occasional fumigations of tobacco to kill the 
green fly, is a statement of my practice ; but as a preventive is 
better than a cure, it is well to give them a slight fumigation once 
a fortnight; it takes no more tobacco than is required to clean 
the plants, if the fly has been allowed to become numerous. 
When it is taken into consideration how long this most beautiful 
tribe of plants remain in full perfection of bloom, they well re¬ 
pay for a little extra care to preserve their leaves in a healthy 
state, as no plant (let it be ever so well flowered) is creditable to 
the grower if the foliage is discoloured or destroyed. 
F. It. Kinghorn, 
Gardener to Lady Ann Murray. 
TULIPS. 
The influence of this most extraordinary season is likely to 
be felt by the Tulips even yet, and it may be, without due pre¬ 
caution be taken, severely. Beds in warm sheltered positions 
and on dry subsoils are most likely to suffer from the circum- 
