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frequent occurrence with new seeds. The first year of letting 
out, as it is called, every seedsman is anxious to procure the 
new thing for his customers, and there is a demand for the seed ; 
consequently every bit is saved, good and bad together, and 
this is not corrected till the plant has got into more hands ; of 
course some one must have a portion of the good seed. 
An Amateur. — The grafting of Roses on the Geranium 
is utter nonsense. 
A Subscriber, Forest Hill.—Your Amaryllis revoluta should 
be potted immediately, using any rich soil: loam, leaf-mould, 
and rotten dung, is the best: keep it in the-greenhouse and 
water it moderately. It will probably throw up a flower stem 
directly. The Nerine, if in a thoroughly sound state, may be 
kept till the spring; or, if it appears desirable, pot it at once ; 
only observe to keep it sparingly watered through the winter. 
The greenhouse for this also will be best. It ou keep the frost 
out of the house by some means, of course ; let us know how 
they look in January, and we will give you further particulars. 
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Stove. • The latter part of the past summer has been un¬ 
commonly favourable to the cultivator of plants as well as to 
those who attend to the production of the other branches of 
the vegetable kingdom : continued warm and dry weather has 
given an opportunity of properly maturing the growth of the 
previous wet weather, and all sorts of plants may now be 
reasonably supposed to be in a most promising state to encounter 
the several adverse circumstances they may happen to be sub« 
jected to in the ensuing winter. The proper application of 
water is now the most important point to be mentioned; no 
more should be given than appears actually necessary to the 
existence of the plant; if this is duly attended to at the present 
time it will save much future trouble; of course the quantity 
administered must be regulated by the character of the plant; 
one, for instance, which is still growing will require more than 
another whose growth is completed. Soft-wooded, exogenous 
plants may be allowed a larger quantity than those of the same 
division whose tissue is firmer. On the other hand endogenous 
plants, such as Cacti, Palmae,Orchideae, &c., require less than any 
others : the variation in the supply will, however, depend on the 
