ON MANETTIA CORDATA, &C. 173 



those kinds of plants which grow rapidly, and fill the pots full of 

 roots; a supply of the manure water, renders it unnecessary for 

 a long time to repot, and where a larger pot would be unsightly, 

 I can keep a plant vigorous all the season without it. 



To give manure water only, I find fills the soil with too much 

 nutriment, and closing it up, renders it unsuitable to the health 

 of the plants. I find that my using manure water, the surface soil 

 of the pots requires to be stirred up a little oftener, but the vi- 

 gour and beauty of the plants, more than compensate for this at- 

 tention. 



I have a tank made at the lowest part of my melon ground 



into which the drainings from the hot beds run. 



Clebicus. 



June 6th, 1838. 



ARTICLE IV. 



ON THE CULTURE OF MANETTIA CORDATA AND 

 M. GRANDIFLOllA. 



BT LOUISA HARRIETT. 



The above named pretty flowering plants well merit a place in 

 every greenhouse or conservatory, and are very fine accompani- 

 ments to the Tropceolum tricolorum, pentaphyllum, Brachyceras, 

 &c. Having most successfully grown them during the last two 

 summers, I forward for insertion in the Cabinet, my mode of 



treatment. 



The compost I use is a mixture of sandy peat, and well enrich- 

 ed loam, in equal proportions, having the pots well drained. I 

 take care to have the plant raised high in the centre of the pot, 

 so that no excess of water can he retained to damage it. This is 

 essential to its flourishing. 



A small plant of each was potted off early in March, I placed a 

 circular wire trellis to each, and trained them to the height of 

 five feet, and each plant produced a vast profusion of their hand- 

 some scarlet blossoms. Early in June I removed them [out of 

 the twenty-four sized pots into twelves, in which they flourished 

 the remainder of the year, continuing to bloom till November, 

 and no plants in my collection equalled them in beauty. 

 Manettias arc of easy culture striking most freely from cuttings 



