38 ON RAISING SEEDLING GERANIUMS. 



nearer the better, provided they do not touch it. All air possible is 

 given them, as long as the season admits. As those in the frame 

 push flowering stems they are removed to the greenhouse, and are 

 put in a light and airy situation. As the flower stems advance to a 

 blooming state, they are very liable to be attacked by the green fly : 

 on its first appearance the tops are immersed in tobacco water ; this 

 immediately destroys them. 



Plants thus treated bloom magnificently from the end of January 

 to July ; but if offsets or cuttings be taken off in July and August, 

 and the plants be treated in all other respects as those taken off in 

 May, such plants will bloom from June to the end of autumn, and 

 thus a blooming period may be enjoyed for at least nine successive 

 months, and afford an interest which can only be duly appreciated 

 by those who give the tribe its merited attention. 



[We most cordially unite with our respected correspondent in 

 praise of this beautiful flowering genus, which are deserving a place 

 in every collection where practicable. They may be obtained, too, 

 at a very low price. Mr. Smith informs us he has but a few sets 

 left. — Conductor.] 



ARTICLE VIII. 



ON RAISING AND SUBSEQUENT TREATMENT OF SEEDLING 

 GERANIUMS (PELARGONIUMS). 



BT MR. JONES, FLOWER GARDENER TO Wll.I.IAM NICHOLSON, ESQ.. ROCHESTER. 



Being a subscriber to your useful work, the Floricultural Ca- 

 binet, nearly from the commencement, and having derived much 

 information from it, I feel much pleasure in contributing in some 

 degree to assist others. With this object in view, I herewith send 

 you the following remarks on my method of raising and cultivating 

 seedling Geraniums, which I have practised for several years, hoping 

 it will be of service to your numerous readers. 



In the first place, as to the way I obtain the finest and the greatest 

 quantity of seed. I keep my plants in the greenhouse till the flower- 

 ing is over, and those I wish to save for seed I take and plunge up 

 to their rims close under a south-aspected wall. When the seed 

 begins to ripen they require frequent watching, for the seed, being 

 very light, is very soon blown away by the wind and lost. As soon 



