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which pots he shifted into a 9-inch pot as soon as they were filled with roots) ; 

 he believed that they might be flowered throughout the whole year. — Mr. Ken- 

 dall recommended pans for Achimenes. He said that the best method of 

 propagating Gloxinia was to lay the whole leaf under sand, and from it a 

 number of plants would be produced. — Mr. Cruxford disapproved of much 

 shading or syringing, as both tended to elongate the young shoots; the best 

 specimen of Achimenes he had ever seen was grown in a pan. If pots were 

 used the soil should be poor and porous, or the plants would expend their energy 

 in the formation of tubers. — Mr. Tant remarked, that out of a number of very 

 healthy plants of Achimenes grown by |him, the only one that did produce 

 tubers at all grew in nothing but sand and charcoal. — Mr. Wren had always 

 found the different kinds of Gesnera to do best in soil rather stiffer than what he 

 used for Achimenes. He never syringed his plants. — Mr. M'Donalu thought 

 the bulbs of Gloxinia should not be kept in a low temperature while at rest ; he 

 had lost several, and attributed it to the temperature of the place not being 

 above 40°, but had never lust any when placed on a shelf in the stove. — W. Sher- 

 voad, Hon. Secretary. 



Ch-enostoma polyanth a. — This is a greenhouse plant, of a slender, partially 

 upright habit, attaining from 9 to 12 inches in height, and readily trained to a 

 dwarf and compact growth. It forms a valuable addition to the flower-garden, 

 being well adapted for beds, or for individual effect upon rock-work, producing a 

 profusion of purplish-lilac flowers, with a yellow eye or centre, during the months 

 of July, August, September, and October. From its extreme disposition to furm 

 premature flower-buds, a rigid adherence to the rule for obtaining a vigorous 

 undergrowth, by shortening the extremities of its fore-shoots, is indispensable. 



The cultivator will readily recognize in this plant a similarity in character to 

 the useful Lyperia peduucnlata and p. alba(Buchnera pedunculata). The latter, 

 though a more robust plant, is inferior to the former, when properly "got up,' 

 in its larger and more lively-coloured flowers, and in its natural tendency to ex- 

 cessive fertility ; so much so, that I anticipate nothing less than that an entire 

 restriction of one or two plants from bloom will give a supply for successive sea- 

 sons. In common with many others, this interesting plant is seen to disadvantage 

 in the greenhouse during the spring months, with its prematurely scattered 

 bloom ; it is, nevertheless, one of those autumnal ornaments which contributes 

 its share of interest when our summer friends are gone, and which, if less gay, is 

 more constant, and, like those objects in nature whose highest qualities are only 

 discernible in a strong light, it loves to expand its beauty beneath the bright sun- 

 shine. It is, moreover, a plant that is not to be valued singly, by comparison. 

 It possesses a value and interest peculiarly its own, — answering well for masses 

 in the flower-garden, where it forms a distinct and essential feature. The pro- 

 fusion of its fl.iwers, the pleasing variety of its colours, and the long continuance 

 of its bloom, fully compensate for the absence of more brilliant but less valuable 

 properties. — Gard. Citron. 



IJuoiiPTON Stocks. — Two sowings of these should be made annually ; the 

 first about the middle of May, and the secund about the end of June. Sow in 

 bed* of a nice sandy loam, in an open situation, and about the end of August, if 

 the weather is moist, or the beginning of September; transplant them into a 

 border, placing five in a patch ; at the same time pot off a store, to be kept in a 

 frame over winter, for planting out in spring ; as winters like the past invariably 

 destroy them, except in very sheltered situations. Use 6-inch pots for the 

 purpose, which should be filled with good loam, mixed with a little rotten dung • 

 ibe more airy the situation is, and the dryer the plants are kept in dull weather, 

 the better tiny will succeed. Plants that survive the winter in the borders are 

 always finest ; but those kept in pots are well worth the trouble. Seed three or 

 four years old is better, and more likely to produce double bloom than that of 

 una year old. If there be more single-blossomed in the patch than one, pull 

 tlicui uu ; u» it is too late to raise plants to bloom the coming season, they can 

 be procured of florists for a trifif . C. 



