Having cultivated Cyclamen persicum most successfully, and thinking 

 that some of your readers might be interested \^'ith a few hints on its 

 culture, I have forwarded the following. 



About the end of January the leaves begin to push, at which time I 

 remove the plants from a cold frame to a warm shelf in a greenhouse, 

 giA-ing them a moderate supply of water until such time as the buds 

 begin to " show up," which vriW generally be the case in about four or 

 five weeks. As soon as the plants are in bloom I supply them with 

 liquid manure from the pig yard, clarifjdng it with lime previous to 

 using it, and gradually increasing its strength until such time as the 

 whole of the flowers shall have been developed. As soon as the plants 

 have finished blooming I remove them to a cold frame, where they 

 remain until the beginning of June. I then prepare a border in a 

 shady situation, working into i' a quantity of decayed leaves and vege- 

 table matter, and I turn the plants out of the pots into it, covering 

 them the first few days -u-ith hand-hghts. During the summer it is 

 found necessary to water them occasionally, to prevent the bulbs from 

 shriveUing. In the beginning of September I take them up carefully, 

 and pot them in equal portions of turfy peat and well rotted cow-dung, 

 with a free sprinkling of sand. Treated in this way they quite repay 

 any additional attention they may receive, and they will enhven the 

 conservatory \vith their beauty throughout the months of March and 

 April. J. S. 



ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY'S GARDEN. 



In addition to its alteration in the mode of arranging plants at its great 

 exhibitions, this Society has also added to its beautiful gi'ounds a few 

 new features of interest. One of these has been the converting the 

 ground formerly occupied by the large tent, in which the stove and 

 greenhouse plants used to be sho^vn, into a small flower-garden laid out 

 in different devices of smaU beds, bordered with Box and gravel, the 

 whole being on Grass, and surrounded by raised straight gravel walks. 

 One of the prettiest of these devices is represented by the annexed wood- 

 cut, which we have thought might be useful for those who may have 

 to lay out small pieces of Grass in the vicinity of buildings, or other 

 suitable positions, in beds for flowers. 



