110 AN EXTENSIVE LIST OF PINKS, IN REPLY TO E. !I. 



sufficiently strong as I could wish, I pinch off the tops of the prin- 

 cipal shoots which soon induces the strength recpiired ; and when they 

 begin to make shoots of some length I commence training them to 

 sticks, always giving plenty of room, and this I continue till the 

 latter end of May, at which time I plant them on the lawn. 



After choosing the place I intend them to grow, I remove the 

 turf to make a hole sufficient to take two barrows full of the compost 

 recommended for potting. After planting, I lay down again a good 

 part of the turf, leaving only a small space open. 



When the plant has been in this situation long enough to have 

 made shoots three or four inches long, I drive in four stumps or 

 sticks about six inches from the centre, forming a square, having two 

 feet above the surface ; on these I fix a wood hoop, three feet in di- 

 ameter, with two strips crosswise to nail it to the stumps : the hoop 

 is made as neat as possible or it has a clumsy appearance ; I have it 

 previously painted. To this I train the plant, which soon covers it. 

 After it has made shoots six inches long over this first hoop, I lay on 

 another secured to the first and made in the same way, five feet in 

 diameter; this I generally find sufficient. 



By the above mode of cultivation I have grown a plant of Petunia 

 Superba twenty-one feet in circumference, forming a complete table 

 of beautiful rosy purple blossoms and much admired by all who have 

 seen it. 



Should you think the above remarks worthy a place in your valu- 

 able publication, I might offer more at some future time. 



[We shall be glad to hear from Mr. Spary again.] — Conductor. 



ARTICLE VI. 



AN EXTENSIVE LIST OF PINKS, IN REPLY TO E. H. 



BY MR. WILLIAM HARRISON, 

 SECRETARY TO THE FELTON FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Having just received the March number of the Cabinet, and per- 

 ceived that E. H., of Stirlingshire, is inquiring after a list of good 

 Pinks, I take this opportunity of saying that I think his wants cannot 

 be better supplied than by my forwarding you for insertion in your 

 May number the following extensive list, which I have extracted 

 from the very comprehensive catalogue of Messrs. Tyso, of Walling- 

 forcl, which I have just received. I have no doubt that any of the 

 kinds would suit the purpose of E. H., as those of them that have 



