56 NEW PLANTS, ETC., FROM THE SOCIETY'S GAKDEN. 



quantity, the plant did not ripen its seeds and eventually perished. 

 Messrs. Courtois Gerard and Vilmorin made the experiment of 

 pricking some plants into the open ground, in a border of light 

 but tolerably rich soil, containing much more nourishment than 

 peat earth, either pure or mixed. This experiment succeeded 

 perfectly. Althougli sown and pricked out somewhat late, the 

 plants are, at the present time (August ^nd), covered with flowers 

 having well-formed ovaries full of seeds, the perfect ripening of 

 ■which does not appear doubtful, judging from the good state of 

 the plants. It is probable that the cultivation of Linum grandi- 

 fiorum failed from the excess of precautions taken to ensure its 

 success ; if the plant had been treated the same as other hardy 

 annuals which are sown in beds or under glass, and pricked out 

 into the borders, it would have perpetuated itself without dif- 

 ficulty. Now that it is in a manner re-introduced, it will be the 

 duty of amateurs not to allow it to disappear again from the flower 

 garden, to which it is undoubtedly a valuable acquisition." — 

 Beviie Horticole, Sept. 16, 1853. 



