FOnEIQN NOTICES. 



of n luonilow, one part; real turfy pent, rubbed through n. eoarso bicvp, two pnrt»<; and dung 

 from II hot-bod rotted into mould, one part. Ah soon ns you liave brought yur fdiint from the 

 n'ln^orv, turn it out of the pot, and if it is already in ligiit soil put the ball just ns it U inUi a pot 

 a si/e largiT. If it is iu stiff soil, soak it in water until you can wash all the soil out; and in 

 repotting carefully spread the roots, and sec that the soil is well thrust through every jiortion, 

 so that it may be solid. Lot the plants bo placed in the green-house until thry begin to move, 

 and then make up your mind whether they arc to grow pyramidally or shruI)Viy; if the former, 

 let the main shoot go up, and regulate the side ones; if the latter, stop the shoot back, using the 

 top for a cutting. If the shoot be long, it may be cut into lengths; one joint below the soil, and 

 one or two above, are quite enough to strike. In the summer, a handglass oil a common border 

 will be found a suilicient shading from the sun. When the plants have struck, let them remain 

 out of doors, or in a cold frame, but shade them from the mid-day sun. By these means, the 

 dark varieties will be improved, and make handsome jdants. The light ones will not bloom 

 white; they will have a pink tinge on them, an^l will scarcely bo recognised: and therefore it 

 is better to bloom them under glass. There are, however, two o-r three rules to be attended to 

 imder all circumstances ; first, to shift them whenever the roots ap])ear through the soil ; secondly, 

 to give qU the air possible in mild weather; thirdly, to water them thoroughly when watering; 

 fourthly, to stop all rambling shoots; fifthly, to shade them during the heat of the day when in 

 bloom ; and sixthly, to let them rest during the greater part of the winter. In saving seed, 

 never cideulate on good flowers from coarse varieties ; cross the fine ones with the large flowers 

 if vou will, but I recommend those of fine texture and habit. I herewith annex a few first rate 

 varieties raised and sent out in this part of the country ; at the public exhibitions they have 

 invariably taken the lead. "White varieties : Jlcbe, Diadem of Flora, Brule, Lady Dartmoirth, 

 Puriti/. Dark varieties: Cliampion of England, Standard of Perfection, Prince of Wales, Scar- 

 latina reflcxa. Game Boy, Defiance, Roneola. But the above fine varieties must bow to those 

 which are coming out from tliLs quarter this season." — G. B., in Gardeners' Chronicle, 



Mr. Macintosh's Nursery, Maida Vai-e. — We remarked here an excellent specimen of the 

 charming Veronica Andersonii, in the shape of a pryamidal bush about three feet high and two 

 feet six inches across at the base, the under branches hanging down so as to partly conceal the 

 pot. This plant, which is exceedingly unique in its appearance, was raised from a cutting about 

 two years ago. With tlie exception of very severe weather, wMien it received the temporary 

 protection of a shed, it has, we believe, all along been kept out (A doors, and continually growing 

 — Mr. ^Maclvtosu's plan of managing such plants, when fine specinicns are wished for, being to 

 grow them one season and bloom them the next. The plant in question has, however, hitherto 

 only been permitted to make wood, the flowering being prevented by a regular system of stop- 

 ping, by which its present handsome s-hape has been acquired. It is just now showing bloom, 

 which will doubtless bo developed in succession during the whole of next summer, and possibly 

 even up to Christmas. It may be worthy of remark, tha:t this plant has been grown entirely 

 without stick?, which Mr. M. thinks unnecessary in the case of hard-wooded plants in general. 

 This is certainly, as we have often stated, ane of the most handsome of Veronica?, and a sort 

 which, at no distant date, must be as common as a Myrtle in every cottager's window. We also 

 observed here a nice compact plant of the ald-fashionod Agathcea ccelestis, which has been 

 blooming for some time back, and is very useful for cutting from, its blue flowers having a 

 cheerful effect in bouquets at this season of th'C year, when such colors are scarce. By growing 

 a few plants of this during the summer, and stopping them back, they would come into flower 

 now, and form not unattractive objects among other things in a conservatory or a cool green- 

 house throughout the winter. — Gardeners' Chronicle. 



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