122 ON DEPRIVING PLANTS OF THEIR EARLY FLOWER-BUDS. 



with roots, when they may be set on the shelves of the greenhouse, 

 and properly attended with water, &c. 



When they have done flowering, water should gradually be with- 

 held, the pots be placed where they will be kept dry, till the proper 

 season for repotting, when the balls of earth being carefully broken, 

 the bulbs can be dressed without sustaining injury. By keeping the 

 bulbs undisturbed in the pots as they had grown, they retain their 

 firmness much better than if disturbed, and flower more vigorously 

 than when disturbed as soon as the foliage decays. 



They are readily increased by offsets or seeds. The former may 

 be taken off at the time of repotting. Seed should be sown early in 

 spring, in order to allow time to obtain bulbs previously to autumn. 



The varieties have been greatly increased by hybridizing, and 

 many very beautiful kinds been obtained. This has especially been 

 attended to by cultivators of flowers in Guernsey, and any attention 

 paid has been more than repaid by the valuable productions. 



Bulbs of the kinds now figured, and numerous others, may be 

 obtained at a very reasonable price from the florists of Guernsey. 

 Some of the florists have informed us that they should be very glad 

 to exchange with any amateur or nurseryman for other kinds of 

 plants. 



ARTICLE II. 



REMARKS ON THE ADVANTAGE OF DEPRIVING PLANTS OF 

 THEIR EARLY FLOWER-BUDS. 



BY S. R. P., GREENWICH, KENT. 



In an article on the Primula Sinensis, which appeared in the Cabinet 

 for August last, I expressed a probability of resuming my remarks 

 on the above subject, to which you were pleased to invite me. In 

 now reverting thereto, I must disclaim any pretensions to reducing 

 such operations to a rule, and content myself by an endeavour to 

 awaken an inquiry that may add another link to the chain of culture, 

 by which many flowering plants may be brought to exceed even their 

 present excellence. In my treatment of the above plant, it will be 

 seen that my aim is to retard the production of flowers until the plant 

 shall have attained a luxuriance of growth sufficient to support the 

 most ample display of blossom. In order to effect this in any flower- 

 ing plant, it will be necessary to check precocity by immediately re- 



