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horse dung, and one-quarter of leaf mould or peat earth ; iu this 

 composition I have found them to grow extremely well. During the 

 winter months I put them in pots, and place them in the greenhouse 

 for about three months to bring them into flower earlier, but indeed 

 I keep them in pots all the year round with the exception of a month, 

 then I put them in the border about August ; though Mr. Hogg says 

 in his treatise on the Carnation, &c, that " it is folly and a waste of 

 both time and plants to keep them all the year round in pots." B ut 

 I have found them answer extremely well in pots. 



As to the propagation of the Polyanthus, I have only to say, as all 

 other writers on the subject have said, that to get new varieties, raise 

 them by seed, but to multiply take offsets, which is the general way 

 of propagating them. The most usual time of parting them is early 

 in the spring, about the latter end of February, March, and April, or 

 late in the summer, about August or September ; but I prefer early 

 in the spring, as they have time to get tolerably strong enough to bear 

 the winter. Persons wishing to grow them to perfection should 

 always be careful not to let the burning sun of the summer months 

 scorch them, but to cover them well up with a hand-glass during the 

 middle of the day. The situation which I most prefer is a western 

 aspect, and in this place I find them answer extremely well. 



The following is the list of Polyanthuses which I think will make 



the choicest collection : — 



Bray's Wellington. Mason's Black Prince. 



Brown's King. Massey's Venus. 



Cox's Regent. Parke's Lord Nelson. 



Darlington's Defiance. Pearson's Alexander. 



Hattersley's Invincible. Radcliffe's Waterloo. 



Harley's Sceptre. Turner's Buonaparte. 



Johnson's Miss Mitford. Prince of Wales. 



Lombard's Highlander. Marquis of Titchfield. 



Lee's Superb. Wilde's Gleaner. 

 Harlequin. Yorkshire Regent. 



ARTICLE V. 



ON THE WINTER TREATMENT OF GERANIUMS. 



BY C. W. P.j CORNWALL. 



I am a devoted admirer of flowers, more particularly of Geraniums, 

 which I have cultivated for many years, and having from time to 

 time made various observations on the culture, eve., of them, I oiler 



