216 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



of seeing several different show-boxes ; and there is one sort which I could par- 

 ticularly recommend as perfect in every respect, for either Dahlias, Pinks, or 

 Carnations, &c. One could be made to hold any number of blooms that may 

 be desired. It is rather a difficult matter to describe it so as to be clearly un- 

 derstood ; but if your correspondent likes to send me a glass, or stone bottle, of 

 the size and sort used for exhibiting blooms in his neighbourhood, I would get 

 him a good box made at a reasonable expense, and send it to him by coach or 

 van, or otherwise as he may direct. We show in stone bottles, which cost about 

 Id. each, and are less liable to break, and carry steadier than those made of 

 glass. 



Shrewsbury, July, 1841. G. H. 



P.S. — If B. J. C. lives at a great distance, so as to make it expensive to send 

 a full-sized show-box, I could send him a very small model of one gratis, he 

 paying for the carriage of it. 



[We have the address of our correspondent, if B. J. C. will write to us for it. 

 — Conuuctou.] 



FLORICULTURAL CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER. 



Annual flower seeds, as Clarkia, Collinsia, Schizantlmses, Ten- Week Stocks, 

 &c, now sown in pots and kept in a cool frame or greenhouse during winter, will 

 be suitable for planting out in open borders next April. Such plants bloom early 

 and fine, and their flowering season is generally closing when Spring-sown plants 

 arc coming into bloom. 



Carnation layers, if struck root, should immediately be potted off. 



China Rose cuttings now strike very freely; buds may still be put in suc- 

 cessfully. 



Mignonette may now be sown in pots, to bloom in winter. 



Pelargoniums, cuttings of, may now be put off; plants from such will bloom 

 in May. 



Pinks, pipings of, if struck, may be taken off and planted in the situations 

 intended for blooming in next season. 



Plants of Herbaceous Calceolarias should now be divided, taking off offsets and 

 planting them in small pots. 



Verbenas of kinds and runners of them should now be taken off, planting 

 them in small pots, and placing them in a shady situation. It should be 

 attended to as early in the month as convenient, in order to be well established 

 before winter. 



Plants of Chinese Chrysanthemums should be repotted if necessary; for if 

 done later the blossoms will be small. Use the richest soil. 



When Petunias, Heliotropiums, Salvias, Pelargoniums (Geraniums), &c. have 

 been grown in open borders, and it is desirable to have bushy plants for the same 

 purpose the next year, it is now the proper time to take off slips, and insert a num- 

 ber in a pot ; afterwards place them in a hot-bed frame, or other situation having 

 the command of heat. When struck root, they may be placed in a greenhouse 

 or cool frame to preserve them from frost during winter. When divided, and 

 planted out the ensuing May in open borders of rich soil, the plants will be 

 stocky, and bloom profusely. 



Tigridia pavonia roots may generally be taken up about the end of the month. 



Greenhouse plants will generally require to be taken in by the end of the 

 month. If allowed to remain out much longer, the foliage will often turn brown 

 from the effects of cold air, &c. 



Plants of Pentstemons should be divided by taking off offsets, or increased by 

 striking slips. They should be struck in heat. 



Pansies. — The tops and slips of Pansies should now be cut off, and be inserted 

 under a hand-glass, or where they can be shaded a little. They will root very 

 freely, and be good plants for next season if done early. 



If Pelargoniums have not been headed down they should immediately be 

 done, so the shoots may push a little before repotting for winter. Such plants 

 as have been headed down, and now have pushed shoots two inches long, should 

 now be repotted. 



