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gently encourage than altogether repress; and if, by being al¬ 
lowed a good situation and a little more attention, they can 
be made to continue to grow slowly, it will be better for the 
plants than either pruning or starving them out of it. Atten¬ 
tion should be paid to the cleansing of all the plants whenever 
the inclemency of the weather renders out-of-doors’ operations 
unpleasant. Temperature from 55° to 60°. 
Greenhouse. Chrysanthemums are now the chief ornament 
here, and well do they repay the little attention necessary to 
their growth, blooming abundantly as they do, when scarce 
another flower durst unfold its beauties ; and if liberally sup¬ 
plied with water, their flowering may be prolonged until the 
earlier camellias are fit to occupy their places. Pelargoniums 
require much attention just now; a light airy situation is indis¬ 
pensable to a vigorous growth: the young shoots should be 
stopped at every second joint. Calceolarias frequently suffer at 
this season from the effects of damp. To prevent it plenty of 
air must be given them at every favourable opportunity, and the 
decaying leaves carefully removed. Precisely the same may 
be said of Ericas: a slight sprinkling of sulphur will be found 
beneficial to both whenever mildew appears upon them. Tro- 
pseolums are now beginning to grow. It is a great pity that 
cultivators so frequently neglect to stop the points of their 
young shoots. They are improved by it quite as much as any 
plant. Mignionette, nemophila, and other annuals, should re¬ 
ceive plenty of light, or they grow weakly and do not flower 
fine. The late-flowering climbers may now be pruned in order 
to admit all the light possible. Give air every fine morning, but 
close the house early in the afternoon. Fire heat will be ne¬ 
cessary frequently, and must be regulated according to the 
weather, bearing in mind it is as much required in wet cold 
weather as when freezing. Let 45° be the average tem¬ 
perature. 
Flower Garden. This season the chrysanthemum has 
bloomed remarkably well in the open air, which we think is to 
be attributed more to the fine warm weather we experienced in 
August and September, having hardened the tissue of the new 
shoots, and given the plants a robustness they seldom attain, 
rather than to any thing favourable in the subsequent weather, 
