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THE FLORIST. 



all men shall predominate, and treasure up on memory's tablets the 

 good, nay holy works that simple flowers have wrought. 



In conclusion, I wish it to be distinctly understood that these 

 remarks are merely suggestive. I leave it to those far more capable 

 than I am to enlarge, improve, and perfect. But the principle sug- 

 gested I hold to be the true one ; and if, in working it out, one gem 

 shall be added to fair Flora's crown, none will be more pleased and 

 gratified than 



Kingsland. 



J. St. Clement. 



VERBENA TRELLIS. 



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3 inches 



3 inches 



A trellis for the purpose of growing the Verbena upon ought to be 

 , so constructed that the health 



and vigour of the plant be in no 

 wise impaired, that the bloom 

 be shewn to the best advan- 

 tage, and to combine also con- 

 venience for the tying or ar- 

 rangement of the shoots. 



To obtain the above ends, 

 I have found the annexed cir- 

 cular trellis, flat on the surface 

 (made of galvanised-iron wire), 

 but raised four inches from the 

 pot at the back and two inches 

 Legs or uprights, two of each size, to in front, the most convenient, 

 raise the trellis, four inches from pot or ^ mushroom-shaped trellis 



back and two inches in front, to be fas- has been recommende d by many, 

 tened at b b, c c. . i i • j i 



made so as partly to hide the pot, 



but the constant attacks of mildew, from the want of proper circu- 

 lation of air, the difficulty, I may say almost impossibility, of tying 

 and arranging the shoots without damaging the foliage, made me 

 directly abandon it ; besides, the flower-stalks growing on the edge 

 of the trellis farthest from the light (even if the pots be turned every 

 day,) would become elongated, and thus not only weaken the trees 

 and bloom, but be unable to support it, and thus the general appear- 

 ance would be greatly deteriorated. 



Having so lately as June 1852 given a treatise on my method of 

 growing the Verbena on a trellis, and which I see no reason at pre- 

 sent to wish to alter, I will not encroach further than to express a 

 wish that the Verbena may soon be grown and exhibited at the prin- 

 cipal shows on a trellis, having had some pains bestowed on its cul- 

 tivation, and not left to take its chance there, as is too often the case 

 by pretended cultivators in pots, and as it is made to do in the border, 

 and that merely because it cannot help but be admired even under 



