MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 18!) 



II the plant was trained against a good aspected wall, it would unques. 

 t.onably flourish there and bear fruit. It might then be readily pro- 

 tected in winter. From the statement made by a person who saw the 

 original plant in Cornwall: scarcely any plant ss more interesline 

 when it is seen loaded with fruit. — Conductor. 



On Plants suited to a Gravel Son., and -what kind of Plants abb 



BEST ADAPTED FOR FLOURISHING UNDER THE SHADE OF LARGE TRIiES.— 



\ our usual kind attention to Young Amateurs emboldens me to put a ques- 

 tion to you. and I shall be very much obliged indeed if you will assis me 

 by an answer. 



What plants whether annual, biennial, or perennial will be best for me to 

 plant in a yery dry gravelly soil, which composes my garden. Jt does not 

 seem to contain anything unfriendly to vegetation, as trees extend their roots 

 and nourish in it. I particularly wish to make it ornamental by a variety of 

 flowers during several months in the year, especially to train creepers up 

 the trout of my house As I am asking questions vou "will perhaps allow me 

 farther to enquire, what is the best method of filling up and ornamenting a 

 garden under a growth of tall trees, and what are the plants, shrubs, or flow- 

 ers, or foliage, native, or exotic, hardy, or half hardy, which may most be 

 relied on for growth in such situations, whether damp or dry, and especially 

 in a gravelly soil. J r » '/ 



Juh, 4th 1838 A CoNSTANT Subscriber and Amateur. 



REMARKS. 



On the culture of Chorizbma OvATA.-That our collections may no 

 longer want the exquisite richness of the blossoms of this plant, under good 

 management vve shall proceed to lay down our method of cultivation as 

 practised at Chatsworth. Like many other New Holland plants, we find it 

 a matter of difficulty to grow this species to a good natural size, and at the 

 same time handsome. 



The majority of the plants, from some cause, not clear to us, either draw 



3'tn7™£h,' ^ W u- W ° rS V CarCel y P r °S re8S at a11 - Tue following 

 are the probable causes which work against its successful cultivation. First, 

 being placed at too great a distance from the glass, which always tends <o 

 draw them up weakly, the atmosphere being too close and damp is the sure 

 consequence ot the want of a free circulation of air or want of ii.ht Se- 

 condly, improper soil, careless potting, or incautious watering. By keep 

 ing these matters in view, and carefully refusing to practise either, we have 

 succeeded in growing plants of this description to a degree of excellency 

 far surpassing our expectations. S y 



The soil in general recommended is an equal mixture of very sandy peat 



Tl IK U lS COm P° slt \ 0n ' '° r ,,lanU Hke those we are n ° w speaking of 

 does not fully accord with our experience; the soil used here will, thereto "' 



Soes not 2 V^ "V* M \ ^^ ° f " l ,eat > Care,ull v voiding such 

 tion "f thite T ^ 8 ° 0d ,f eal °' ^i " U ' at haS not a considerable por- 

 tion ot white sand equally mixed with it, rejecting as entirely worthless 



one fourth 'nT "1 1 l ° ' ,e St , i,F ' l 0r Very SaUd - V : l ° tLii is addea not more t,« 



rains o! i '?" Sandy loara ; ,1,e wl,ole " llien examined, and if the 



so ,, o T > C found ." ot t0 l0UcL ' or ncarl >- so, throughout the whole 



hrown r n g » . a S . rej ' sh T 1 ' what ,,l<,re sand is th °«S«t sufficient is 

 thrown in and properly mixed up. 



The soil is never sifted, (his practise is discarded as takinc out the mn.i 



^•■"..al par,, nan, ely, the fib, e ; but after being well b oken up with The 



b>« . and edge ol the .pade, whaf lump, remains too large arc rcdu Jed ! with 



