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btvt ril'fiuvl Fiuhsiiw in it, cliot»siiig the oUlost of my plaiits for tlic i>iir|io.se. I 8yrii»ne tlioin 

 ovcrluiiil iiiorning ntid cvoniiij; ^vilh Itpiil wnltT, wliicli I also ni>|ily to the vine.'*. L'lulcr this 

 tronttiiont, in the coiirt>c of a fortniulit or so tht-y begin to cliow »yinj)(oni» of (growth. I tlicn 

 raise inv Itonse to 50 deg., after \vhic-h thoy pn.^h vigorously'. I now take cuttings off all I tan, 

 and. having a bed made previously- for their rceeiition, I insert thcni in a compost of leaf-inohl 

 and silver sand, taking eare to drain the pots well. 1 also put about half an inch of white sand 

 on the top of the pot; this keeps tlio soil open around the neck of the cutting, and prevents 

 damping off, which Fuchsia cuttings are apt to do at this season in mold alone. Supposing my 

 cuttings to be struck now, I pot them off singly into 3-inch pots, in a mixture of leaf-moM, a little 

 woll-decomposcd cow-dung and some sand, watering thuni sparingly. I then place them in a 

 slight bottoni-luat, where they soon make a start, and if all goes on well they Avill soon be six 

 inches high, when I shift them into a 5-inch pot in a compost of rich turfy loam, rotten cow-dung, 

 a little leaf-mold, and sand. I now bring them to the vinery, keeping them close up to the 

 glass. They now reap the benefit of their shift, and become strong and vigorous, throwing out 

 laterals or side shoots in abundance. About this stage I ajiply a small stake, to which 1 tie the 

 leader very loosely. The side .shoots now make rapid i)rogres3, and when they have attained 

 tiie length of two or three joints, I pinch off one, leaving one or two, according to the length of 

 tiie joints. In this way 1 double my side shoots. I now give a little weak licjuid nuunire, made 

 of sheep's dung, if that can be got. I give them this twice a week, which invigorates them, and 

 makes them push fresh laterals, -whicli I again pinch, tying the leader to tlie stake as it grows. 

 By this time the pot will be pretty well filled with roots. I now give them their final shift for 

 the season, using a 10-inch pot, and good rough compost, consisting of turfy loam and cow-dimg, 

 in equal parts, mixed with a little leaf-mold. By the beginning of August I have got pretty 

 tolerable idants ; I therefore let them come into bloom, watering liberally with manure water, 

 and putting a slight mulching of cow-dung on the top of the pots. They will flower till the end 

 of October or middle of Kovember. I now have the foundation laid for specimen plants the fol- 

 lowing season. After they have done flowering, I store them in an empty pit, giving only as 

 much water as will keep them alive till spring. Next year they get the same treatment as last, 

 and by these means I succeed in getting plants which are the admiration of all who see them. — 

 J?., in Gardeners^ Chronicle, Londni. 



Impatie.vs jERnoM.F- — A specimen of this new, greenhouse, herbaceous plant, exhibited by Mr. 

 Ykitcii. at the last meeting of the Horticultural Society, received a Silver Knightian Medial, in 

 testimony of its singular beauty and horticultural value. It forms a tuft of fleshy or tuberous 

 stems, about a foot high, of a deep purple color, concealed by numerous narrow, deep-green 

 leaves, from among the upJ)crmo^t of which appear great numbers of flowers in general form like 

 those of any other Balsam, but of a brilliant biii-k-red, relieved by yellow and green. The red 

 belongs to a large, bag-shaped, curved pouch, which hangs down in front of tJje flower-stalk ; the 

 yellow and green, confined to the small sepals and petals, form a helmet-shaped bodj', which 

 seems to terminate the pouch. The figure in the Botanical Marjazine was taken from a very ill- 

 colored specimen. It will no doubt propagate easily by cuttings, if not by seed, and can not fail 

 to be a universal favorite. Mr. MTvor sent the tuberous stems from the Keilgherry garden, at 

 Ootacamund, to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, where it first flowered in June, 1852.— Zon«fo« 

 Gardeners Chronicle. 



