T8 ON THE DOUBLE-FLOWERING WHITE AND PURPLE ROCKETS. 



have quite a stock of a fine sort in a year; while some of the other 

 flowers we have noticed would require many years to obtain a good 

 supply of them. Then as to the cheapness of the Pansy is another 

 recommendation — a fine tulip, pelargonium, or rose, being very dear 

 on its first introduction to the floral world; while the Pansy is 

 moderate in price, even on its first appearance. If the amateur 

 plant but one bed in the year, autumn is the best time ; but if a 

 succession is desired the Pansy may be planted at all seasons. In 

 arranging the bed it may be well to attend to the position of the 

 flowers, not to have those in proximity which resemble one another ; 

 for instance, a blue and white one should be beside a yellow and 

 purple one, and so on. A foot each way is about the proper distance 

 for plants, if the bed is removed, or rather a fresh one planted every 

 year, as ought to be the case. The raising of seedlings is another 

 great source of delightful recreation to the amateur ; the seed should 

 be sown in boxes in autumn, and the plants be transplanted into beds 

 in spring. As the seedlings bloom all the inferior ones should be 

 destroyed, and those only preserved which are essentially different 

 from the varieties in cultivation. Of course the seed should only be 

 sown of the finest sorts ; and we would recommend the laying in a 

 good stock of fine sorts first, and of them sowing seed ; not buying 

 seed, and expecting from it to have the finest sorts. Now we will 

 conclude, first remarking that we hope we have not offended the 

 tulip, pelargonium, rose, or ranunculus, which was very far from our 

 intention, and we wish all who cultivate them every pleasure derivable 

 from them ; but we wish to recommend to notice our little favourite, 

 the Pansy, and may all who commence its culture as we have clone, 

 as a young amateur, derive the same pleasure from it. 



ARTICLE IV. 



REMARKS ON THE DOUBLE-FLOWERING WHITE AND 



PURPLE ROCKETS. 



BY LOUISA. 



In a former volume of the Cabinet I read some hints relative to the 

 culture of that very lovely flower garden ornament, the fragrant 

 double-flowering Rocket. It has been a pet of mine for many years, 

 but previous to reading the hints alluded to, I had with much diffi- 



