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and when we receive them they should be sown in the pots as directed 

 before, and set into hotbeds, until the weather in England comes to 

 answer the heat of the climate they came from. 



When the seeds are gathered the person who does it should 

 curiously observe the depth of the water they grow in, the quality 

 of the soil under the water, the situation, and whether it is standing 

 or running water they grow in ; and, above all, the taste of the water, 

 whether it be fresh or salt, or brackish. 



When we have made a good collection of varieties of water plants 

 they may be disposed into classes, and the several tribes ranged in 

 their proper order, which would be of use to such as read lectures on 

 plants; and for want of this is the occasion that water plants are so 

 little known. 



The most proper season for disposing and removing them is as 

 soon as they are out of flower, and the leaves begin to decay, which 

 is about the beginning of September. The stems or branches of 

 them should then be cut off near the root, and their roots should be 

 planted at due distances in the pots or troughs as before directed. 



Those water plants which come from foreign parts must be 

 sheltered in a greenhouse during the winter ; for if they, like the 

 exotic land plants, so far preserve their natural season of growth, 

 that they will only sprout in the spring-time of their native countries, 

 they will sometimes flower with us in the winter season. And while 

 they are in the greenhouse they should frequently be refreshed with 

 water, somewhat warmed with the heat of horse-dung or the sun, 

 and be allowed as much air as possible. 



ARTICLE VII. 



ON THE CULTURE OF THE COCKSCOMB. 



BY T. H. T., A NORTH BUTEAN. 



Being a constant reader of your useful Cabinet for the last four 

 years, I am induced to offer a few remarks on the culture of the 

 Cockscomb as I have cultivated it with good success for the last two 

 years, invariably gaining prizes wherever they were exhibited. My 

 method of culture is, I sow my seeds in leaf mould the beginning of 

 April, placing them in a frame, ranging from 60 to 70 degrees of 

 heat ; when about an inch high, I transplant them into 48-sized pots, 



