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THE FLORIST. 



a plant which I have growing in a bed formed in one corner of the 

 stove, and trained to a wire beneath the roof, has flowered in the 

 most gratifying and satisfactory manner imaginable. This specimen 

 w^as only planted out in September 1848, and in the following spring 

 it began to grow exceedingly freely, forming flower- buds at every 

 joint. From a memorandum I made at the time, I find it commenced 

 blooming early in June, and continued loaded with its singularly 

 splendid flowers up to the end of October. No stove should be 

 without it ; for it is next to impossible to overrate its surpassing 

 loveliness. Good fresh turfy loam, peat, and leaf-soil, used in a 

 rough state, is the compost mine was planted in ; and it was grown 

 in a house in which a rather high temperature is maintained. 



AristolocJiia hyperborea. To those who value a plant more for 

 the novelty and singularity of its flowers than its beauty, this will 

 prove a very interesting object. It is certainly a remarkable plant ; 

 its large and richly mottled flowers are both curious and beautiful, 

 and when seen hanging on the plant from amongst its handsome 

 foliage cannot but be admired. It is a very free-growing plant, and 

 with me has bloomed twice in the season. A shaded situation in 

 the stove is the most suitable, trained to the rafters of the roof. It 

 requires abundant syringing during the summer, as it is a plant 

 much subject to the attacks of red spider. 



Hull, H. S. Norman. 



NETTING FOR GREENHOUSES. 



Now is the time to make preparation for the coming season ; and 

 we again urge our readers to prepare blinds for their greenhouses, 

 and other erections, where flowering plants are to be kept. Messrs. 

 Hay thorn of Nottingham supply an excellent article of the kind, 

 represented by our woodcut ; it is equally useful for covering wall- 

 fruit, seeds, &c. 



