214 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



ken potsherds in equal quantities, 1 always pot at the time the young shoots 

 begin to grow, ilo not vise very large pots, but endeavour to proportion the 

 pot to the plant. In potting 1 always keep the plant a little higher than 

 the top of the pots, as these plants suffer from bein>; disturbed in their roots 

 too often. I do not pot them oftener than can possibly be avoided. The 

 Cattley a guttata, the flower of which was sent to the Horticultural Society, has 

 not been repotted for the last three years. I keep the plants in rather a 

 low heat during the winter months, the thermometer generally ranging from 

 50 to 60 degrees. As the spring approaches, I increase the heat, keeping the 

 hothouse more moist. In the latter end of the spring and summer months, 

 the temperature is maintained between 70 and 100 degrees, and the moisture 

 is increased as much as possible, with a little shade in very bright weather 

 over the glass. When the plants have done flowering, and the young shoots 

 cease to grow, I begin to lessen the quantity of water, till the approach of 

 winter, when it is entirely withheld for that season. As soon in the spring 

 as they begin to make their young shoots, they are potted, if I judge 

 they want ; if not, they are top dressed, and I begin to water, as I left off, 

 by degrees, till the summer, when I water very freely." 



Mr. Perrin is equally successful in his propagation of Cattleyas, and gives 

 the following account of his plan : 



My first trial was on a large plant of the Cattleya crispa, which had 

 eight old shoots and two young shoots, gone over the side of the pot. I 

 took a sharp penknife and cut the plant through carefully in three places, 

 taking care not to disturb the plant, or to cut away any of the roots. To my 

 great surprise, in a short time 1 had two fine shoots at the side of each old 

 one where I had cut. I have now eight young shoots, and I believe, had I 

 cut it through at the side of all the old shoots, I should have had sixteen 

 new shoots I intend to cut the remainder of the shoots through next sea- 

 son. I should say in this place, that the two young shoots that were on the 

 plant before I cut it through, did not suffer by the wound. 1 think they 

 grew equally as strong and faster than before, which makes me think that 

 the old part ol the plant is of no use to the new shoots alter they have made 

 their roots. I have been informed that this method of increasing orchideous 

 epiphytes will not succeed, excepting on large established plants ; but I have 

 tried it on very small plants, and have found it to answer as well as on larger 

 ones, 



A LIST OF SUCCESSION PLANTS FOR A FLOWER GARDEN. 



The following"is t a list of plants which are well calculated to insure a suc- 

 cession of (lowers in the garden, and such a list being requested at page 183, 

 J send it for insertion in the Cabinet. 



In the Snowdrop bed, plant Lily of the Valley: turn out from pots in 

 course of time into the Crocus bed, Clarkia pulclieiia; double blue Hepa- 

 tica bed, Calceolarias ; double Pink ditto, Schizanthns ; Scilla bifolia, Col- 

 linsia bicolor ; Leptosipbon densiflorus, Pelargoniums; Hyacinth, Cacalia ; 

 Anemone, Clarkia pulchella alba: Polyanthus and Narcissus, Eutoca viscida ; 

 Ranunculus, White Petunia; Heartsease, Goodetia rubicunda; Lupine, 

 Mimulus cardiualis; Larkspur, Lobelia cartlinalis; White Rocket, German 

 Asters; Sweet-william, Marvel of Peru; Clabanthus arabicus, Marygolds j 

 Pinks, Balsams ; White Saxifrage, Clintonia pulehella ; Roses, Coreopsis; 

 Nemophilla insignis, Fuchsias ; Bartouia aurea, Double Jacobaea ; Scarlet 

 Zinnias, in the same bed as Verbena melindres. 



The great secret in the management of a (lower garden, is to have an 

 abundance of things ready in pots, to turn out in the beds when the early 

 flowers are beginning to fade. I shall feel obliged if some correspondent 

 will inform me what auuuals will be brst to plant out in the shade, and 

 under trees. 



Patrick. 



