Early propagation is indispensable. The cutting should be taken off by March or April, inserted singly in small pots, shifted on as required, keeping them well to the light, pinching back the most prominent shoots now and then, maintaining the temperature at about 550 to 6o° by day, but admitting enough air to prevent drawing. By the beginning of June the sturdy, vigorous little specimens that such treatment will have produced should be placed either in frames or in a light, well-ventilated house. About the latter part of the month shift into 4 1/2-inch pots; some of the largest will go into 6-inch pots. The soil should be rich and free - a good mixture consisting of loam, leaf-mould, and well-rotted manure in equal parts, adding thereto a good dash of sharp sand. Give plenty of air, shade from hot sun, and if the plants are in frames run off the lights at nights when balmy weather prevails. A little of such exposure will impart to them a great amount of vigor, and the flowers will come much finer than when they are never exposed to the full influence of the open air.

When the pots get full of roots a little weak liquid manure should be occasionally given, the great point being to keep the plants well in growth until the middle or latter end of September, after which time they should be placed in gentle warmth, a light house where a fire is made on cold nights being the right place for them. From November onwards a constant temperature of 550 is necessary to keep them in blooming condition. These winter flowering Begonias may be well and easily grown by planting them out in frames for the summer months. Make up a bed of good soil in a light frame, and plant out the first week in June, potting them up again about the middle of September, or earlier if they are large enough. In planting out a richer compost can be given them, as there is not much danger of its becoming sour through over-watering, so that if anything like good treatment is afforded them they will be sure to make very luxuriant growth. - Garden.