FOREION NOTICES. 



O.v Composts spitable fob orowiko Florists' Flowers. — Having often experienced tlie 

 inconvenience of being obliged to refer from one book to another for a description of the 

 composts suitable for dilTerent flowers, I have collected some of the most approved together, 

 thinking they might be useful to many of your readers. I send them for your insertion. 

 Carnations : 1. Two-thirds fresh loam ; one-third rotten frame-dung, with a little sand. 2. 

 One-half loam ; one-half rotten frame-dung, with a little sand. 3. Five-sixths of No. 1 or 

 No. 2 ; one-sixth leaf-mould, good for Picotees. 4. One-third loam ; one-third peat ; one- 

 third two-year-old cow dung. Ranunculuses and Anemones: Two-thirds loam; one-third 

 rotten cow-dung. Dahlias and Narcissus : Loam well manured. Hyacinths: 1. One-third 

 sea or river sand ; one-third loam ; one-fourth rotten cow-dung ; one-twelfth leaf-mould. 

 2. Two-sixths gray sand ; two-sixths well-rotted cow-dung ; one-sixth tanners' bark, quite 

 rotted ; one-sixth tree leaves, well rotted. Pinks : Two-thirds loam ; one-third two-year- 

 old cow-dung. Tulips: Good sound loam. Auriculas: 1. One barrowful of loam; one 

 barrowful of leaf-mould; one barrowful of old frame-dung; one barrowful of two-year-old 

 cow-dung ; one peck of river sand. 2. Two barrowfuls of sandy loam ; one barrowful of 

 leaf-mould ; one barrowful of two-year-old cow-dung. 3. One-half rotten cow-dung ; one- 

 sixth loam ; one-eighth leaf-mould ; one-twelfth sand ; one-twenty-fourth decayed willow 

 wood ; one-twenty-fourth peat ; one-twenty-fourth ashes of burnt vegetables. Polyanthuses : 

 1. One barrowful of sandy loam ; one peck of leaf-mould ; one peck of old cow-dung. 2. 

 One barrowful of well-rotted cow-dung, or leaf-mould ; one-half barrowful of white sand ; 

 two barrowfuls of good loam. Ileartsease : Three barrowfuls of fresh loam ; one barrowful 

 of one-year-old horse-dung ; one jjeck of sand. — D. Pearce, Wakejield, England. 



CnoKozEMAS. — This ti-ibe is generally considered by amateurs difficult to cultivate ; but 

 they can be grown well by pursuing the following method : The soil should be a sandy 

 peat, well broken with the spade, but not sifted. The best time for potting is March or 

 April. Care must be taken not to over-pot the plants, or injure the roots while potting ; the 

 soil must be made very firm and compact about the roots, and the pots well drained ; then 

 they should be placed in the greenhouse in an airy situation, and not crowded among other 

 plants. It is also well to keep them in the greenhouse during summer ; but in hot weather 

 they should be shaded for two or three hours each day during sunshine. They require a 

 reasonable supply of water ; that is, they must not be sodden, nor left too dry. They may 

 be propagated in the following manner : the cuttings should be taken off and carefully pre- 

 pared while the wood is young ; take off the bottom leaves with a sharp knife, and make a 

 clean cut horizontally just through the joint ; the cutting-pot should be drained, and then 

 filled to within an inch of the top with the soil above mentioned ; on the top of this put a 

 layer of white sand, into which put the cuttings, making a hole for their reception with a 

 small stick. When the pot is full, give them a little water with a fine rose ; after which, 

 place a clean glass over them : in this state they may be removed to the propagating house, 

 where the temperature should be 70 degrees. They should be shaded from the sun, which 

 can be done by placing a sheet of coarse paper over the glasses. As soon as the cuttings 

 are rooted, which may be known by their appearance of growth, they must be potted off ; 

 but care must be taken not to injure the roots, and they must be shaded again for a week 

 or ten days, until they make fresh ones ; they must then be gradually hardened, and placed 

 with the old plants in the greenhouse. — Alpha (Gard. Chron.). 



