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make as much or more show than twelve small ones. Sow seed 

 in pans, and place the latter in gentle heat. A bed may now be 

 planted in a north aspect for summer blooming. Before another 

 Number of The Florist shall have issued from the press, this 

 charming flower will not only be making our gardens gay, but 

 it will have graced the opening show of the season, which takes 

 place at the Horns Tavern, Kennington. We hope to see a 

 spirited competition ; and we are of opinion that the following 

 varieties will be conspicuous in the winning stands, having seen 

 them good already this season :— Marchioness of Lothian? Miss 

 Edwards, Supreme, Duke of Norfolk, Mrs. Hamilton, Zabdi, Al- 

 manzor, Caroline, Aurora, Princess, Blooming Girl, Disraeli, 

 Duchess of Rutland, Milton, Constellation, Commodore, Orestes^ 

 Rainbow, Fire King, Candidate, Berryer, White Sergeant, Won- 

 derful, and Luna. 



Royal Nursery, Slough. C. Turner. 



Pelargoniums.— -An error has unfortunately crept into my last 

 month's Calendar on this subject, where it stated, that the plants 

 stopped back the second week in March would be in flower 

 in June: read July. As several varieties that have not been 

 stopped back since heading down will be coming into flower this 

 month, it will be well, where shading is used, to put the shades 

 on at once ; and especially where the houses are glazed with 

 sheet-glass, shading keeps the flowers much longer in perfection. 

 For the canvass we use we pay 4±d. per yard, and it is about 

 one yard wide. See that the plants are clear of green-fly before 

 they come into flower. Fumigate two nights successively, and 

 on the following morning wash the plants with rain-water, and 

 that thoroughly ; water occasionally with clear liquid manure- 

 water : the directions for its preparation are given at page 107, 

 vol. i. Where a succession of flowers is required, if a few plants 

 are shifted into pots two sizes larger than those they are in, and 

 stopped back in the last week of this month, they will flower in 

 the middle of August. After these have well broken, keep them 

 in as cold a place as possible. If it is in the north side of the 

 house, and protected from heavy rains, so much the better. 

 Worton Cottage. J Dobson. 



Pinks.— If the beds have not been top-dressed, it will be advisable 

 to attend to it the first dry day. The plants are now growing, 

 and the young fibres would at once receive nourishment from 

 the fresh compost. Hoe the surface, cut down the young weeds, 

 and destroy obnoxious insects. Look once more to the tallies, 

 and renovate all that are not legible ; see also that your stock is 

 complete, that there is no favourite sort deficient, and if so, order 

 it directly, that you may secure good plants. Pinks preserved 

 m pots through the winter should now be put out ; be careful 

 not to break the ball of earth more than possible ; for the less 

 the fibres are disturbed, the finer and more correctly will the 

 flowers lace. 



