THE 



FLORICULTURAL CABINET, 



AUGUST, 1st, 1838. 



PART L 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



ARTICLE I. 

 REMARKS ON THE TREATMENT OF TROPCEOLUM TRICOLORUM 



BY FLORA. 



The very graceful beauty of the above plant is such as amply 

 to repay for any attention that can be bestowed upon it. Whether 

 its neat and interesting foliage, or the striking gaudy flowers pro- 

 duced in such profusion be noticed, each have peculiarly attrac- 

 tive charms. 



Very great difficulty, however, occurs in growing the plant suc- 

 cessfully, which induces me to send the following remarks on the 

 treatment which I have pursued, and which I have found to an- 

 ■wer extremely well. 



All plants having bulbous roots require a season of rest, this is 

 requisite with the Tricolorum, the question with me was, when is 

 the most suitable term for it ; I concluded,when they appeared 

 to cease pushing new shoots early in October, I then gradually 

 withheld watering, and in the following month, I ceased to give 

 any water at all. I retained the bulb in the dried soil, and kept 

 it on a shelf in the greenhouse. Early in January I examined 

 the bulb by removing a portion of sod from the side, and I per- 

 ceived it was vegetating. I then took it up carefully and re- 

 potted it into a twenty-four sized pot, using the following compost, 



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