'tfecrabb with the growth i,of plants is the oolleotiori and storing of teee leaves, which "form, the natural', surface '; dressing over "iregetation geoe/.^Uy , and. in many cases act as good protectors from froßt of tender • plan tß. There .. are few plants to which. loaf-monld, as ifc is generally termed, whew. ; Bttfficiently ■ decomposed is not ■ applicable -.' in various degrees of prGportion. Soft wooded, plants generally, snob ,aa pelar goniums, fuchsias, cinerarias, calceolarias, ohrysßctbemuraa, and the like,, may have * large proportion, because it is a natural atitfinJant wfaicV is -soon : taken :<wp,' and although apt to run close together after a time, it will not do so until the plants have ' developed all that is required of them for the season, and are thrown away to make room for younger atoek tbe following season. With hardrwooded plants it must be more BpaTingly tieed^ and only as an • ingredient in the compost used as a t6p dressing,'as such" pl'iata do not. require 'ireqnent Bhiftiu^ap,d the bulk of the soil fibduld beof a porous quality, to enable. Jt- leaf mould 'WftW.Ußedih'iinj^ quantity ifc would in time dra^g^,^4 : ;t nje .; plftntst; qu | d 'ijk uofc ■v-^o'y;.?^ ! .^^^ l *l*s^.'.^ment.'in the culture ; :6f ; oof t^w^fiedvpil^nts'which are used in > v the ! flower;garden>;but it is one of the moab :BniWbte.d>:e?a^g9 for%be beds into which such plaate are turned oat for the soniaier. Leafcmouldi^fifcior uaetho third winter. »Jf6e4 being Btored. and now in the • time^to ; wheeL ont iibafc which is ready to ; iphjetrever it may be required, and fill up Mt yjttece with the. ofcock for next; winter. turning over the iaain bulk into the second ;pUc9;,thpß. leaving what ahouW be much the -largest pl*oe for the preaunt year's joolfeotion. l^o attain success iii the* culti vation of plant?, systematic plana must ba •dopted,. and this i ie oue of theni. :. GfiEBNHOOGB.— -Perhaps the moa? snit-. able of the bawl-wooded plants for forcing tathe azalea. If the suuimer treatment of the plants, has been right, there will be no difficulty in obtaining a euccesaful bloom nndec gltstt by kf«ping up a temperature ofsscleg Rt uJgbc, wb.icb, with a rise oil. lOdeV in the day, will be ample' for all their requirement-^. 