THE 



FLO RICULT URAL CABINET, 



AUGUST 1st, 1846. 

 PART I. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



ARTICLE I. EMBELLISHMENTS. 

 1. LIPERIA PINNATIFIDA. 



This pretty little green-house plant from South Africa, forms a 

 slender neat bush, blooms very freely, and will readily flourish in any 

 light good soil. It is also well adapted for beds in the summer flower 

 garden. It may be had at the principal nurseries. 



2. CALYSTEGIA PUBESCENS. 

 Mr. Fortune, the collector sent out by the Horticultural Society, 

 to China, sent home this new bindweed, during the past year; and as 

 we have already noticed it at p. 115, we will only add here, that we 

 find it to grow freely in the open border, forming a very handsome 

 climber, and as it may be increased with the facility of the tribe, we 

 have no doubt it will soon become very generally cultivated. 



ARTICLE II. 



SOME REMARKS ON THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE ABSORBED 



BY PLANTS. 



HY MR. J. TOIJn, DENTON GARDENS, LINCOLNSHIRE. 



As the chief operations of horticulture are calculated either directly 

 or indirectly to influence the vital actions of plants, it is obvious that 

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