128 THE FLORIST 



feet, 



feet. 

 Keynes's Rainbow, scarlet and 



white 3 



Huidoux's Empereur de Maroc, 



maroon, with white tip . . 3 

 Keynes's Sunbeam, red and white 4 

 Elphinstone's Mrs, Shaw Lefevre, 



dull red and white . . .4 

 Dodd's Miss Blackmore, light 



purple and white . . .3 



Sieckmann's Gasparine Furstin 

 Reuss, maroon, with white tip . 3 



Salter's Conspicua, white, and vio- 

 let purple . . . .5 



Wachy's Madame Wachy, purple 

 and white .... 2-3 



Ressequier's Adolph Dubras, nan- 

 keen and white . . .3 



Batteur's Striata Perfecta, lavender, 

 striped with purple . . .3 



When the principal planting for this season is finished, it will be 

 necessary to begin making provision for next, by sowing seeds of 

 hardy perennial and biennial herbaceous plants, including thfe Bromp- 

 ton and the Queen Stocks, Sweet William, Sweet Scabious, Holy- 

 hocks, &c. These are to be sown in drills ; and if the young plants 

 are taken up when large enough, and replanted at greater distances, 

 they will acquire sufficient strength to be removed to the flower-beds 

 either in autumn or spring, as may be most suitable. In a future 

 paper a list shall be given of select herbaceous plants. 



All who have a greenhouse should now sow seeds of tender 

 annuals for its decoration during the end of summer and beginning 

 of autumn, until the time arrives for taking in its usual occupants ; 

 but for this purpose a pit or frame is requisite, in which to raise 

 the young plants. Cockscombs, Balsams, Globe Amaranthus, Lobelia 

 ramosa, Rhodanthe Manglesii, &c. are suitable things to sow now. 



J. B. Whiting. 



THE CHRYSANTHEMUM. 



In the following remarks respecting Chrysanthemums I shall chiefly 

 confine myself to the mode of cultivating them in pots. As soon as 

 the plants have done flowering, I cut them down, and place them 

 in any convenient corner on the south side of a wall, where they 

 are in some measure sheltered from frost and north-easterly winds. 

 They remain in this situation undisturbed, except by watering them 

 now and then, until the end of March, when they are removed to a 

 more open place, preparatory to their being wanted for the purpose 

 of propagation. Chrysanthemums may be increased by cuttings, 

 layers, and off^sets ; I have often grown them from the latter ; but I 

 have found the foliage so apt to go oflf them, and leave the plants 

 naked at the bottom, that I greatly prefer cuttings, which, with good 

 treatment, will retain their foliage green and healthy almost to the 

 rims of the pots. The best time for putting in cuttings is the latter 

 end of April, or the beginning of May. I use the points of the best 

 shoots of the current year's wood, not more than two or three inches 

 in length, cutting them close to a joint, and removing the bottom 

 leaves. When potted, I transfer them to a close frame ; and if it is 

 convenient, I assist their striking by means of a gentle bottom- heat. 



