ELECTROTYPING. — CULTURE OP THE TROPCEOLUM TRICOLOR, 



E L E C T R T Y r I N G 



The visitor to London can- 

 not fail to remark the extensive 

 electrotj'pe manufactory of the 

 Messrs. Elkington. This firm 

 employ about five hundred 

 workmen, executing the de- 

 signs of the best artists of the 

 day. Their warehouses are 

 found in Dublin, Edinburgh, 

 and all the large towns; the 

 firm is understood to have 

 made a very large fortune. 



Electrotype is one of the 

 most valued gifts which science 

 has conferred upon art, since it 

 brings, like Parian, the most 

 magnificent works, such as for- 

 merly only the most wealthy 

 could obtain, within the reach 

 of all lovers of the beautiful. 

 The artist has attempted to por- 

 tray one of their imitations of 

 flowers in the accompanying pic- 

 ture, which we give as an example 

 in "our line." The art is prac- 

 tised in America, but we be- 

 lieve not so extensively as in 

 England. 



CULTURE OF THE TROPGEOLUM TRICOLOR. 



It has been remarked, that the roots of this plant are developed with much 

 more rapidity when they are simply laid upon the surface of the soil than when 

 they are planted. It is equally well known, that it is very advantageous to 

 the frail and delicate roots of this species, to place the pot which contains them 

 in another pot. In this way is avoided the necessity of their running at large, ^ as 

 would 1)6 the case without that. The exterior pot preventing the sun's action 

 being felt on the inside one, the roots are kei)t much fresher than in ordinary 



es, with a less amount of earth, a speciality very important in the cult 



this plant, and of all those which are remarkable for the smallness and 



