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otherwise, as he may direct. We show in stone- bottles, like ink-bottles, which 

 cost about Id. each, and are less liable to break and carry steadier, than those 

 made of glass. 



REMARKS. 



On Salvia patbns. — I was much gratified with the remarks upon Salvia 

 patens, in the August Number of the Floricultural Cabinet. There is an 

 additional fact relative to this beautiful plant, perhaps not generally known, viz., 

 its ripening its seeds in the open air. Last spring I planted several plants in 

 the border of my garden, which have produced several seeds, some of which I 

 have gathered in a perfectly ripe state. 



Halstead. T - B - 



On the Culture of the Ixia. — I am sorry to trouble you, but you promised 

 me, in your April number, an article on the culture of Ixias, and as it has not 

 yet' appeared, I shall deem it a particular favour if you can give it in your next. 



Camellia. 



[It had escaped our recollection . and is now too late for the October number; 

 we will give it in our November one. — Conductor.] 



Pelargonium, Culture of, by Mr. W. Catleugh.— The cuttings are placed 

 in an open border, about the middle of July, and the situation selected is one 

 fully exposed to the mid day sun In about six weeks the cuttings are rooted, 

 and are then potted into sixty-sized pots. The pots are placed. in a shady situa- 

 tion, on hoards or slates, and" in three weeks they are removed to a more exposed 

 and airy situation, when the wood becomes hard. They remain here till nearly 

 the end of September, when they are taken into the house for the winter. At 

 this time the plants are stopped at the third or fourth joint, and they are at the 

 same time shifted into 48-sized pots. The soil is a turfy loam and sand. After 

 this shifting, but little air is given for about eight or ten days ; but after this 

 time as much air is again allowed as the state of the weather will admit till 

 about the beginning of December, when the pots will be well filled with roots, 

 and require to be again removed into thirty-two-sized pots. Bone dust is added, 

 but with caution ; and never near the surface of the soil, because it is of too 

 drying a nature. The plants are again stopped, and the temperature of the 

 house is maintained at about 45 degrees ; at the end of ten days it is allowed to 

 fall to 42 or 40. The flues are damped two or three times every night, to keep 

 the air of the house moist, allowing top air when the weather is favourable. 

 Alxiut the middle of February, the plants intended for large specimens are again 

 shifted into forty-two -sized pots ; and the vigorous sized kinds require a size 

 larger. At this time each shoot is tied separately to a proper stake. Fires are 

 discontinued about the beginning of April, and the plants are syringed over 

 head three times a-week, and the house closed for the night. This treatment is 

 continued for about a month, the house being damped every evening, and the 

 top sashes opened the first thing in the morning, and as much air allowed during 

 the day as can be given with safety. When the plants show bloom they are 

 freely watered and shaded with canvass. At the time of housing the plants, the 

 dead leaves are carefully removed, and when the green fly makes its appearance, 

 a fumigation of tobacco is used, care being taken that the plants are in a dry 

 state at the time ; they must be well watered in a day or two afterwards. When 

 the flowering season is over, the plants are removed to an exposed situation for 

 a fortnight, till the wood is hard, when they are cut down. Those plants in- 

 tended as specimens the second year after heading down, are placed in a shel- 

 tered situation, where little water is given, and when the shoot.-, are an inch 

 long, they are shaken out ot the pots and planted in others two nisei smaller; 

 by this treatment they are kept more healthy during winter. When thus potted, 

 they are placed on a stage in a shady situation, and removed to the house " at 



