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and the means should always be kept out of sight. The compost I use is the following:-Two barrows full of good maiden loam, with the turf, one ditto well rotfed cow dung, three years old, and one of rotted leaf mould. This requires to be frequently well turned over in winter, to destroy the worms and insects. One peck of silver sand, and one ditto of bone dust; for the winter repotting, a little more sand is added."

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"I strike the cuttings about the beginning of June; or sooner, if the plants will bear cutting. As soon as rooted, they are removed into 60-sized pots, and set in a shady situation on boards or slates, or in a cold frame. When routed, they are removed to an open situation, and as soon as the plants will bear the sun without flagging, they are stopped. In September they are repotted into 48-sized pots, and at this time I commence training. In December and January those that are sufficiently strong, are again shifted into 16-sized pots; in these pots they are allowed to bloom. About the middle of July or beginning of August, they are headed down and set in a shady sheltered situation; and when the plants have shoots near an inch long, the soil is nearly all shaken from the roots, and they are again repotted into the same sized pots. As the shoots are formed they are carefully thinned out. In the greenhouse, the plants intended for exhibition are kept four feet apart; the front sashes are kept open on all convenient occasions. In November the plants are stopped, and a stake put to each shoot. The leaves are thinned out to allow the air to circulate freely. In December and January, the strongest plants are again selected and potted into 8-sized pots, and at this time additional heat is applied to enable the plants to root rapidly. In February, they are sy ringed in the afternoon, but sufficiently early to allow them to dry before night. In March they are again repotted in 2-sized pots, water is now very liberally supplied. When the flowers begin to open, a shading of cheese-cloth is used on the outside of the house. Air is admitted before the sun has much power on the glass, and this is found to prevent the attacks of the green fly. The success of all the other operations depends on the mode of applying fire heat. The fires are lighted at 3 or 4 o'clock in the afternoon, allowed to go out about 9 or 10. They are again lighted about 3 or 4 in the morning. The thermometer during the night is kept at 40 degrees or 42 degrees Fahrenheit. The soil is prepared thus-a quantity of turfy loam is chopped and laid up in a heap, a quantity of fresh stable litter is then shaken up and laid in the form of a mushroom bed. If the weather is dry at the time, the manure is well watered; liquid manure and the steam or ammonia is prevented from passing off by a covering of slates. In this state it is allowed to remain fifteen or sixteen days, and is then mixed with about an equal quantity of fresh loam, and when the mixing is completed, the heap is at last covered with loam. At the end of a month or five weeks it is turned over three or four times, in order that the dung and loam may incorporate well together. In twelve months it is fit for use. To two barrowfulls of this compost is added one of leaf mould, and a peck and a half of silver sand."

A LIST OF THE COLLECTIONS OF PELARGONIUMS EXHIBITED AT CHISWICK AND REGENT'S PARK SHOWS, &c.-A Country Florist will be obliged by an early list of the names, &c., of the new Geraniums exhibited at the London Shows.

[We shall give a particular descriptive list in our next number, in the mean time we give the names of those shown at Chiswick at the last exhibition, and which were unusually superb :

Twelve NEW and first-rate kinds, Mr. Cock, of Chiswick-Lucifer, Orion, Mars, Ate, Pearl, Hector, Rosy Circle, President, Negress, Zenobia, Margaret, Desdemona.

Mr. Dobson, of Isleworth-Queen Pomare, Orion, Rosy Circle, Adolphus, Arabella, Competitor, Isabella, Hebe's Lip, Hindoo, Othello, Margaret, Gigantic. Mr. Gaines, of Battersea-Pamela, Agrippina, Hector, Arabica, Duchess of Leinster, Meduse.

Mr. Catleagh-Orion, Pearl, Hector, Magog, Agrippina, Rosetta Superb. The above are the New kinds.

The following were shown in general selections:-Twelve kinds, Mr. CockOrion, Duchess of Leinster, Queen Agrippina, Rosy Circle, Sir R. Peel, Shield of Achilles, Hector, Repeal, Duke of Cornwall, Emma, Rosetta, Katinka.# Mr. Robinson-Duke of Cornwall, Aurora, Priory Queen, Erectum. Mr. Dobson-Pulchellum, Marcus, Isabella, Marc Antony, Zenobia, Ragged Robin, Mustee, Rosy Circle, Matilda, Pauline, Margaret, Orion.

Pinks. Mr. Turner's collection, first prize-Norman's Henry Creed, Hale's Queen of England, Turner's Masterpiece and Sir H. Smith, Norman's Defiance, Eclipse (Brown's), and Garland; Harris's Dauntless, Holmes's Coronation, Unsworth's Omega, Collis's Majestic, Lord Valentia, Garratt's Alpha, Wilmer's Prince of Wales, Weedon's Victoria, White's Warden, Cousin's Little Wonder, Ward's Great Britain, Caul's Criterion, George Glenny, Melona, Jones's Huntsman, and Heariston's Prince Albert.

Pelargoniums (seedlings), blooming first time in 1846.-President, Gem, Centurion, and Cassandra.]

Floral Operations for July.

GREENHOUSE plants of most kinds now strike readily by cuttings, the new wood leing somewhat firm. Those annual plants that have not yet been transplanted out should now be done, in cloudy and showery weather, keeping as much earth to their roots as possible, and supporting those with sticks that require it ; they will bloom well in August and September. Tender annuals may now be turned out into the flower borders; they should be refreshed at least once a day with water, and if the sun is very powerful they will require to be shaded, till they have taken fresh root; those that remain to flower in pots must be frequently supplied with water, repotting, &c., as they require it. Finish transplanting perennial and biennial plants sown in spring. Double Sweet Williams should now be laid. Those Carnations in pots require particular attention in keeping them well supplied with water, and to support the flower stems by tying them to neat green sticks with bass; pipings of the young shoots may still be put in; those cut at the second or third joints make the handsomest plants; they should be kept shaded from the hot sun, otherwise they will soon get scorched and dried up; they should be finished layering by the middle of the month. Pinks may still be propagated by pipings as in June. Auricula plants in pots will require a little water frequently in hot weather, taking care not to pour it on the heart of the plant; all dead leaves should be removed; if any of the plants are attacked with the green fly they should be smoked with tobacco, or sprinkled with tobacco water. Transplant seedling Auriculas and Polyanthuses, and keep them in a shady place. Pansies may still be propagated by slips of the young shoots; the seed should be sown either in pots or borders, in a shady place, and well supplied with moisture. All sorts of Roses (with the exception of the China and its varieties) should now be budded. Many sorts of bulbousrooted plants, as Ranunculuses, Tulips, Anemones, &c., which will now be past flowering, and their leaves decayed, should be taken up, well dried, cleaned, and the offsets separated, and put in a cool, airy place, till the planting season again commences. The double scarlet Lychnis, and such like plants, should be propagated by cuttings. Geraniums may now be increased by cuttings. Dahlia cuttings will easily take root if placed in a brisk heat. Continue to cut box edgings and hedges, where it was not done last month. Mignonette now sown will bloom well in September. Pelargonium cuttings should now be put in, so as to have well-established plants for blooming next year, or for growing in next year, so as to prepare them for extra specimens for the year following. Carnations, &c., where there are more than three buds upon a stem, take off the others, in order to improve the size. If attacked by green fly use immediate remedy by tobacco water, or loam and water in a liquid state.

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THE

FLORICULTURAL CABINET,

AUGUST 1ST, 1846.

PART I.

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.

ARTICLE I. EMBELLISHMENTS.

1. LIPERIA PINNATIFIDA.

THIS pretty little green-house plant from South Africa, forms a slender neat bush, blooms very freely, and will readily flourish in any light good soil. It is also well adapted for beds in the summer flower garden. It may be had at the principal nurseries.

2. CALYSTEGIA PUBESCENS.

Mr. Fortune, the collector sent out by the Horticultural Society, to China, sent home this new bindweed, during the past year; and as we have already noticed it at p. 115, we will only add here, that we find it to grow freely in the open border, forming a very handsome climber, and as it may be increased with the facility of the tribe, we have no doubt it will soon become very generally cultivated.

ARTICLE II.

SOME REMARKS ON THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE ABSORBED BY PLANTS.

BY MR. J. TODD, DENTON GARDENS, LINCOLNSHIRE.

As the chief operations of horticulture are calculated either directly or indirectly to influence the vital actions of plants, it is obvious that

VOL. XIV. No. 162.

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