222 ON PELARGONIUMS. 



There is another piece of advice, for which I think the begin- 

 ner will be grateful, and that relates to the worms and insects, 

 which he will often find very troublesome among his cuttings. If 

 the cuttings are annoyed by worms, procure half a bushel of stone 

 lime, and put it into a tub with about twelve gallons of water. 

 When it is slacked, stir it occasionally ; then let it settle till it is 

 quite clear. After freeing the water from the scum that rises to 

 the top, sprinkle the cuttings all over with it in the evening, about 

 dusk, as then the worms will be either on the surface or very near 

 it. If one watering is not sufficient, it must be repeated in a few 

 days ; and it would benefit not only cuttings, but rooted plants in 

 your beds, destroying the slugs and grubs, especially if done on 

 a moist evening, when they are most numerous and early in their 



appearance. 



Pense. 



ARTICLE III. 



ON THE CULTURE OF PELARGONIUMS, (GERANIUMS OF MOST.) 



BY A FOREMAN OF A LONDON NURSERY. 



The very great addition to this lovely tribe of plants, during 

 the present season as has been exhibited at the Floral meetings, 

 held at the rooms of the London Horticultural Society, in Regent 

 street, at the gardens of the society at Turnham Green, and other 

 places, will render it quite unnecessary for me to apologize for 

 sending the following remarks on the culture of so generally an 

 esteemed family for insertion in the Floricultural Cabinet, they 

 are the results of my mode of treatment with a collection of above 

 ten thousand plants which are under my charge. 



Propagating by Cuttings.— Early in June I take a sufficient 

 quantity of cuttings of the different varieties, and after carefully 

 preparing them, by taking off the lower leaf, and cutting horizon- 

 tally through the stem just below a'joint, I insert each sort separate, 

 in pots previonsly filled with a mixture of three parts sharp sand, 

 and one part sandy loam, using plenty of drainage at the bottom. 

 After the cuttings are all put in, I give a good watering, and then 

 remove them to a moderate hot-bed, and plunge the pots to the 

 rim ; I keep the lights shut close, except in the morning, when I 

 admit a little air, and with due attention to shading and watering, 

 I find them to be well rooted in about a month. Those kinds 



