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into 8-inch pots, using a compost of about one-half rough turfy loam, 

 the rest peat and leaf-mould in about equal proportions ; they should 

 then be put into a pit plunged in tan, or any other material where 

 a bottom-heat can be commanded of about from 75° to 85°, with a 

 top-temperature of from 65° to 85°, with plenty of moisture. As 

 the plants grow (which they will do very rapidly), they will require 

 shifting into larger pots. I consider a 12-inch pot quite large enough 

 to grow a good specimen in ; they will also require frequent stopping 

 until enough shoots are got to form a good head, when they must be 

 tied out. In their growing state they delight in plenty of heat and 

 moisture, with a good bottom-heat, and frequent waterings with 

 weak manure-water. As the plants begin to open their flowers, 

 which will be about the middle of June, they must be gradually 

 hardened oiF to stand a cooler temperature ; they will then form 

 splendid objects for the greenhouse or conservatory from July to 

 September. 



Hillingdon, H. Constantine. 



REVIEW. 



A Treatise on the Chrysanthemum. By W. Taylor, Park Street, 

 Stoke Newington. 

 Those who have been in the habit of attending the Stoke Newington 

 and Highgate Chrysanthemum Shows do not require to be informed 

 of the high state of perfection in which Mr. Taylor brings forth his 

 productions. Each bloom in his stands is a specimen in itself, being 

 nearly the size of a Dahlia. This is confirmed by the recent regula- 

 tions of the Stoke Newington Society, which enforce uniform stands 

 of the same dimensions as the Metropohtan Dahlia boards, the latter 

 measuring six inches from centre to centre. We cannot, therefore, be 

 WTong in recommending this really practical, but unpretending little 

 work to the notice of our readers. In addition to every thing relat- 

 ing to culture, descriptive lists are furnished of all the best varieties. 

 The following are the kinds Mr. Taylor recommends to grow for cut 

 blooms; the first nine being especially adapted for cultivating against 

 a wall, viz. 



Aristides, red. 

 Beauty, blush and pink. 

 Campestroni, deep rosy purple. 

 Clustered YelloAV, golden yellow. 

 Duke, blush. 

 King, rose. 

 Princess Marie, rose. 

 Pio Nono, Indian red. 

 Vesta, white. 



Annie Salter, canary yellow. 

 Cyclops, straw, and brown back. 

 Christine, lilac. 

 Defiance, white. 



Duchesse d'Abrantes, deep bright 

 rose. 



Dupont de TEure, purple and 



orange. 

 Formosum, creamy white. 

 Gem, white tipped with pink. 

 Goliath, white. 

 Lysias, bright cinnamon red. 

 Nonpareil, dark rosy pink. 

 Phidias, rose and white. 

 Rabelais, reddish carmine. 

 Rebecca, light rose. 

 Sydenham, light red crimson. 

 Queen of England, blush. 

 Two-Coloured Incurved, red and 



yellow. 

 The Warden, orange. 



