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From obflcrvHtions taken near London during the last tbjrty-eigljt years, the avera*?e day teniner'aiure of the we'ek'i's 74.i)', and it^ niuht 

 teiuperatiirc SO.O". The gtoatest ' heat w& 9!°, on the 23th, 1844; and^tha Wwesli cMd, flS^Joil! tlie 30tlljiie69. ' ' Thegrfeattet faU of 

 rain was 1.89 inch. :■"■' ': . '1 >-■•■■ .• ' k i- i ■ v /i :•■.■■ J ,ii mM vl.i /-iI;. i,t,A / .ilT vjiI'-dV ^ i: 



PROPAOATING ANB lAFTER-MANAGElVrENT OF 



;^j^:pi;>pjG ^akd other plants, 



(Continni'd from page as.) 



V Irosine Herbstii I stated iu 

 my last article that it was 

 likel)' to prove ono of our 

 Tciy best bedding plants, 

 but I must now retract what 

 I said ill its praise. It had 

 then all the appearance of being a really good plant for 

 bedding ])urposes, and promised to IVii- smiiass the Ama- 

 rantlms, but the excessively hot and dry weather wo have 

 had since hits proved it to be qiuto unfit for the decoration 

 of the flower garden. The beautiftd crunson appearance 

 it hadiu tlio spring has given place to a dii-ty brown, whilst 

 the Amaranthus is one of the mosb beautifol objects' we 

 have here tins season. ' '■'■"'■" ■' .- ' ; -^ y;:!^.K! i . 



If managed iii the following way the Amnrnnthis mehni- 

 choHciis niher cannot fail to give every satisfaction. The 

 seed should be so\ni about tlie third week in ApiH on a 

 moderate hotbed, and as soon as the young plants liave 

 made the second set of leaves, they should be pricked off 

 jnto boxes filled -(rith a good rich soil. They may be 

 ■pricked out in the boxes nearly as thicldy as they can stand 

 •together : then place them hi a close frame for a few days, 

 when they wQl soon emit fresh roots and .start gro^^•iug veiy 

 ■freely. They should then have the benefit of all the air 

 that can be given them for the piu'pose of hardening them 

 off. By this time there ■nill be spare fi-ames, into whicli they 

 shoidd be pricked out ; about r! mclies of good soil should 

 bo placed in these, and the plants should then be carefully 

 turned out ' of the boxes, tal-cing care to disentangle the 

 roots without injiuy. The plants should then be pricked 

 out into the fi-ames about 2 or :) mches apart. If there is 

 plenty of partly decayed leaves at hand, put or 8 inches 

 of them into the bottom of the fi-ames before putting the 

 soil in. Tlus -nill give a little heat to start tliem info 

 gro-n-th. As each light is filled water with a fine rose and 

 shut them up : they should be kept close for a few days. 

 and if the weather is bright must be shaded. Sji-inge them 

 evei-y afternoon just before the sun is off the frames, and 

 shut them up closely. Contuiue tlus treatment for ten days 

 or a fortnight, by which time the plants will be well es- 

 tablished, when they should be gi-aduaUy hardened off, 

 leaving the lights off them altogether about the tliird week 

 in ]\[ay. By the fir.st week in June they -v^-ill be sufficiently 

 hardened ami may be planted out where they are wanted. 

 They shoidd not be planted out earlier than the first week 

 in .June, unless the weather is very favourable and the 

 situation where they arc to be planted is a sheltered one. 



Here a lai-ge.bei of Amarajitliuii, with au. edging of 

 --■ ' Sd.'Sa&^VbtVlX'.J'lirEW Series. '" ''" "'i '■' }!:"j/:''''- ^:. 



A'iola coninta,'is ohcVbf tWe fiiiest'obji5ct's't'hayy 'eVdt'''Sben; 

 it lights up every b(-iT rit'ai- it; aiid'. ■li'hen seeii at a distance, 

 ■sylien tbte sun is sJiiniug on il, the effect is gi-and in the 

 e;iftreine, Tliis Yjolct i^ pi-:if(;(;ily hai-dy, and will, I lliinlf, 

 pi-pve, one of the , most ,Ufiefu|l plant^; foy edging we have ; 

 it is of a shade of coloW: we i]U'e r^'ery short of am(.)ugst tlie 

 ntunerous plants suitable for bedcting pm-poses— it is a 

 beautiful violCt-shadod luau^'c. It iloMers very freely all 

 through tlie summer and autunmi montlis^-^in fact it is 

 siddoiu out of bloom summer or winter. In damp soils it 

 grows very fi'ecly ; it will, therefore, want frerjuently 

 pegging down, and pOltte of the young gi-owths will have 

 to lie pinched out. Tlie phinfs slionlil be fUvidcd in the 

 spring, and pricked out in beds ; or they may be planted 

 out at once aroiuid the margins of the be;lB whoi'e they.E^re 

 intended to remain during tlie followmg suinmer. ■ ,,,.,i, 



Varhonii i'dncl L'i(s}u<m. — A large bed of tliis. odged with 

 (ieranium Manglesii, is tady a .maguiticent .sight. Tlijs 

 Verbena I consider one of ■ the nwst beautiful plants we 

 have for flower-garden: • decora tioii. It is a hybrid I suc- 

 ceeded in producing several years' ago from the old Verbena 

 venosa, crossed with some of lihe garden varieties. This 

 was, I believe, the' iirst hybrid Verbena ever so obtained 

 from venosa. I^was several vears before I Succeeded in 

 ripening seed: aittd it' took sfi-lfOTal'vyeai-^ more to establish, 

 the plant. The first _year it grew very wealdy, and I had 

 almost given up all, hopes pfeve^- having it sufficiently 

 strong to propagate fi-oni, ; but now it gvo\ys with vigour. 

 This has originated qiuto a, new strain of Verbenas. I 

 liave them now iu a great variety of colouring. Amongst 

 the most beautiful of xay last year's seedlings is one I ha've 

 named Scarlet Cushion. This does not gi-ow more than 

 .'> or () inches lugh, and produces immense trasses of bright 

 scarlet iloA-ers, of wtmderful substance for so small' a plant. 



These varieties v.'i!l become great favom-ites vd\\\ the 

 public as soon as tliey become better kno-v^Ti. and the treat- 

 ment they reqiui'e luidei'stood. as they are such small- 

 growing plants. Till; soil most fdiitable for them is a very 

 rich one. When the beds or borders in wluch they are to 

 lie planted are prepared in the, .spring-., a tliick eoat of well- 

 decomposed manure .should bo ."jpread over the beds, wliich 

 should be dug two spits deep; and tlie maniu'e placed in 

 the bottom. Tliis wtilL encoiu-age thei-oots to go do-wn in 

 search of the manure. ■ The smi does not tltirt affect them; 

 and, as they are free-roofing plaii'ts. it Causes them to 

 throw up a constant succession tif young gro^vths frota the 

 base of the plant all through the' siri'iimer, and up to the 

 latest period in the autumn. They. do not trail , along; the 

 ground like the gardeii varieties : 'neither do (hey emit 

 roots as the yoiuig,sd,ioots ,?pijie,i,i^.,c0ntact Tsithjlhe gi'oivnd. 

 (Me of the greatest adyantijges which they have over tlie 

 other varieties, is that they vetain theii- perfect, .symmetrical 

 form all tlu-ough the season ; whereas the otliers, by their 

 habit of rooting as each joint comes hi contact witli the 

 ground, are <;onRtaiitly;,spi-efl4ingU'm'ther from wlier-e the 

 plant was first i'>laiited,' leaving the 'centre cpiitc bare. 

 Tliis propensity of the'|llant for rambling occasions con- 

 stant trouble, and the iTse of almost nimuperahlc pegs, 

 where a large miantify (if Verlveiias 'are gi'o^m. The Cushion 



