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may be disposed in masses, trained on walls or other description of 

 fence, or formed into hedges, and trained as taste or fancy may direct 

 in favourable situations. Almonds and double-flowering Peaches 

 would of course add beauty and variety to such an arrangement. As 

 a conservatory plant, the Forsythia contrasts admirably with Camellias 

 and multitudes of other flowers with which such houses are decorated 

 during the early months of spring. And when the successes of our 

 commercial gardeners have enabled them to render more common those 

 gorgeously coloured double-flowered Peaches, introduced by the same 

 fortunate collector from the same " flowery land," some of which have 

 recently been figured in the Florist, we shall doubtless use them as 

 profusely as do the Japanese, in the decoration of our conservatories 

 and gardens. D. 



WINTER FLOWERING CARNATIONS. 



This beautiful class of plants is not half so well known or cultivated as 

 their fragrance and easy culture entitle them to. I am, therefore, 

 induced to lay before your readers my system of culture. I have been 

 a successful grower of these flowers for many years ; they are, moreover, 

 great favourites of mine ; and as plants to cut from, for bouquets or 

 drawing-room decoration, they are indispensable ; for they last a long 

 time in bloom, and remain in beauty a great while after being cut ; 

 but this is not their only merit, they have other claims on our notice, 

 for they bloom at a season when Flora has generally but little to present 

 us with. With proper care, they will flower in pots from October 

 till May, and longer by giving a slight, shift in March or April ; and, 

 with a good collection, you can cut as many as you like ; for cutting 

 the flowers is rather beneficial to them than otherwise, inducing them 

 to throw out flower buds at the joints below. As regards varieties, I 

 shall not trouble you, as their name is legion. I cultivate about 

 thirty-eight, which are all very beautiful, and they produce an endless 

 variety of markings and colours, such as yellow blotch, rose and purple 

 blotch, and scarlet and crimson flakes ; white edged with pink, rose, 

 and crimson. Then we have selfs in great variety. All who wish to 

 cultivate this class of plants cannot commence at a better time than 

 now, for they are all very cheap, and are easily procured from any 

 good nurseryman. I propagate mine from cuttings every season. I 

 take them off about the beginning of October, choosing the best and 

 stoutest shoots ; they are made in the usual way by cutting to a joint, 

 and removing a small portion of the tops of the Grass ; they are then 

 inserted thickly around the sides of 4 or 5-inch pots, and made firm — 

 using for soil, equal parts leaf-mould, loam, and sand ; they are then 

 placed in the bottom part of some cold frames, along with bedding out 

 plants, and are always shaded when the sun shines strongly ; watering 

 as may be necessary. Here they strike slowly, and are all rooted by 

 the beginning of March ; they are then potted off into 3- inch pots, usinc 

 for them good sound mellow loam, with a good mixture of sand and 

 rotten dung ; they are then placed into a cold frame by themselves ; 

 they are kept shaded for a few days from the sun, and advantage taken 



