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off, it receives a great check. The bulbs are again to be taken up in October, 

 and replanted as before, not permitting them to remain any time out of the 

 ground. Moisture seems essential to the perfection of the Hyacinth; and it 

 is those which remain in the ground, and of course subject to its influence, 

 that are not at any time affected with the ring disease, by which many of 

 which are placed in the stove are lost every season. 



The compost best suited for them is, one barrowful of loam from rocky 

 places, one ditto well rotted cow-dung. This should, if possible, be three 

 years old ; one third of a barrowful of mould, produced from rotted tree- 

 leaves, and about a filth of a barrow from an old cucumber-bed. With this 

 the bed is to be made two and a half feet deep, and the surface covered 

 with turf mould, to preserve the bulbs from frost. 



New Plants. 



Tropceolum Tricolorum.— We have recently seen several fine specimens 

 of this most lovely climber, which is certainly unequalled for beauty and 

 neatness. At the exhibition of the London Horticultural Society, held on 

 the 18th, inst., there were several plants in most profuse bloom, and trained 

 variously, whirl, produced a fine effect; one was trained to cover a circular 

 wire frame about four feet in diameter, covering it with bloom in every part ; 

 a second, a wire frame about four feet high in the form of an urn, and in 

 addition to the frame being covered down to the pot, the framing was so 

 constructed as to inclose the pot, and the flowers concealed it from view ; a 

 third, was trained over a frame constructed globular, about three feet in 

 diameter, and its surface entirely covered with bloom; a fourth, trained up 

 to a centre, having a turban headed from three feet across, and in addition 

 to the head being covered, the shoots hung pendant in beautiful bloom. 



In these and other similar modes the plants were trained, and being in a 

 high degree of cultivation, blooming profusely, were justly admired. When 

 the bulb once becomes strong, the plant is found to be of easy culture ; the 

 shoots being spread around the plant upon some finely sifted soil, just 

 covering them over, and gently pressing them down, they will then speedily 

 take root. This is a very ready method ot increasing it, and will doubtless, 

 on becoming generally known, allow the introduction of several plants into 

 every greenhouse and conservatory. The soil in which the Tropceolum ap- 

 pears to thrive best, is a sandy loam being well drained, care should always 

 be taken, as have been observed by writers in former numbers of the Cabinet, 

 not to place the tuber more than one-half its depth in the soil ; we find too 

 that the plant can be easily cultivated in a light sitting room. '1 he kind we 

 saw in 1836 flourishing in the valuable collection of C. Rawson, Esq., Hope 

 House, Halifax, under the very successful management of our friend Mr. 

 Menzies, is the most handsome of the tribe, we gave a figure of it at the 

 time, (August), and seeing a plant of it in bloom, at the above mentioned 

 exhibition, in contrast with the true T. tricolorum, we were struck with its 

 decided superiority, the flowers being much larger and of finer colours. The 

 kind was named at Mr. Rawson's, T. elegans, and is justly entitled to such 

 appellation. We have seen it named in one collection, T. tricolorum major. 



Tropceolum Brachyceros is better cultivated this year than we have seen 

 it before, trained, and otherwise treated as T. tricolorum, it produces a pretty 

 contrast with it. Its yellow, delicately dark marked flowers being neat and 

 pretty. 



Tropceolum Tuberosum is now progressing fast, plants are fine for turn- 

 ing out ; they will no doubt amply repay by their beauty at the end of 

 summer and autumn. The plant is very easy of propagation by cuttings, 

 and one plant will produce near a peck of tubers. It is f^.nnd to throw the 

 plant early into bloom, cut a small trench with a spade around the plants, 

 about two feet from its base, and fill up the trench with sand, this checks its 



