The mould for potting should be light and loamy, the fertilizing material used being well decayed. If the soil is rich of itself, it is better to be either very sparing with the fertilizer or to dispense with it altogether. In the bottom of the pot place several small broken pieces of crockery or similar material to assist the drainage; and in setting the plant, he careful to keep it well down in the pot, and to press the mould moderately around the roots. The surface of the mould should he about half an inch below the level of the top of the flower-pot. Slips should be planted close to the sides of the pot, and in small pots. When a plant becomes pot-bound, that is. when the roots have become matte.] around the sides and bottom of the pot, the plant, so soon as it has ceased blooming, should be re-potted in a larger pot. It is not necessary to remove any of the mould from the roots, but simply to till in the space in the larger pot with new and rich mould.

Plant-Protector, A newspaper, a convenient number of newspapers may be pasted together, and the edges folded over Strings, thus making a screen which, suspended over the newspapers spread loosely over the plants, would give the young shoots an excellent protection in the severest cold weather, and from the sun's rays in summer.