48 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Tender Annuals —Some of the kinds, as Cockscombs, Amaranthuse ■',. 

 &c, for adorning the greenhouse in summer, should be sown by the end of 

 the mouth ; also any tender Annuals desired to bloom early iu the open 

 border. 



Ten Week Stocks, Russian and Prussian Stocks, 4cc, to bloom early 

 should now be sown in pots, placed in a hot bed frame, or be sown upon a 

 slight hot bed. 



REFERENCE TO PLATE. 



Liluim lancifolium roseum. This very beautiful flowering lily was 

 sent by Dr. Siebold, from Japan, and we had the pleasure of seeing it in 

 bloom, and partaking of its fine fragrance during the last summer, at Messrs. 

 Low it Co's. Nursery, Clapton, and at Messrs. Loddiges's of Hackney. The 

 flowers of this kind are larger than any of the others introduced by 

 Dr. Siebold, and produces a fine effect. The color is not so striking as the 

 flowers of L, speciosum, but in other respects are more magnificent. 



The plant we saw in bloom at the Hackney Nursery was growing in a 

 raised bed in the conservatory, and an open sunny situaiion liad been se. 

 lected, which latter advantage is considered essential to the plant flowering 

 successfully. The flower stem had reached four feet high, and had produced 

 eight of its beautiful blossoms. 



We saw some plants grown in pots, but the flowers were much smaller 

 than what we saw at the Hackney Nursery. Tne finest plants were growing 

 in a rich loamy soil, having a good drainage ; when the shoots begin to push 

 the plant requires a free supply of water, which is continued till it has done 

 blooming, and afterwards gradually declined, so as to be kept dry during 

 its dormant state. 



We have not seen any plant growing in the open border, but this may 

 arise from their scarcity, as well as present estimated value, but we think it 

 very probable, that if grown in pots in spring, and pushed in a cool frame or 

 greenhouse till the end of May, and then turned out into the open border in 

 a favorable situation, they would bloom superbly ; for we observed that the 

 colour of the flower was greatly heightened in proportion to the openness of 

 the situation. 



These beautiful lilies ought to be grown in every greenhouse or conserva- 

 tory. The price now asked is rather high, but their propagation going on 

 so extensively, will soon allow them to be obtained at a lower rate. The 

 mode of propagation we saw very successfully adapted at the Epsom and 

 other Nurseries, was the following. A bulb was taken when in its dor- 

 mant state, but just when about to vegetate, and the outward scales 

 carefully taKen off. The scales are then planted in small pots, one in each, 

 in a light loamy soil, and placed in a frame where there is a gentle heat. 

 These soon form at the base of each a small bulb, and when of the size of 

 a garden pea, they are carefully taken off and replanted in small pots, and 

 by encouragement soon increase to blooming bulbs. The bulb from which 

 the scales are taken is planted for blooming as the others are. When the 

 scales and infant bulbs are in the pots, care is requisite that they are not 

 rotted by an excess of moisture. In some instances, when the scales are not 

 disturbed at an early stage in order to take oil' a single bulb, three or four 

 bulbs are produced from a single scale. 



Attention to propagation will so far increase these delightful plants, that 

 we hope every cultivator of flowers, having the opportunity will possess 

 tbem. 



Russelia juncea. This charming plant is one of the prettiest ornaments 

 which can be grown in the greenhouse, and certainly ought to be in every 

 one. It is of easy culture, delighting in a soil of equal parts of rich loam 

 and sandy peat, having a free drainage. The plant is very readily propaga- 

 ted by slips or cuttiugs inserted in sand, or Sandy peat, and placed in a hot 

 bed frame, or other situation where a moist and warm temperature can be 

 obtained. 



