THE 



FLORICULTURAL CABINET, 



FEBRUARY 1st, 1836. 



PART I. 

 ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



ARTICLE I.— A New Arrangement of the Double-flow- 

 ered Chinese Chrysanthemums, with a simple Method 

 of Cultivating that beautiful Tribe of Plants. By 

 Mr. J. Martin, Gardener to J. S. Poulteb, Esq. 

 M.P., Winchester. 

 Having derived both amusement and instruction from your 

 useful and interesting publication, the Floricullural Cabinet, (to 

 which I have been a subscriber from its commencement,) and 

 feeling desirous of promoting the object for which it is intended, 

 I herewith send you n list of my collection of Chrysanthemums, 

 with the simple method I practice in their cultivation. I have 

 some most beautiful varieties, which Mr. Haworth does not 

 mention in Vol. I., p. 76, &c. ; but which, I think, highly merit 

 a place in your Cabinet. 



I observed in Vol. II., p. 163, that Mr. Frederick made an 

 inquiry respecting the season for transplanting the Chrysanthe- 

 mum, so as to ensure a good bloom the following autumn ; and as 

 I have not yet seen any answer to his inquiry, I recommend to 

 him the method of treatment I have practised, and which I here 

 describe; and I am quite convinced that if it is properly attended 

 to, it will ensure him a good bloom, and in fact answer the utmost 

 expectations. 



Soil.— The soil I use is a very simple mixture, and might be 

 easily obtained. It is one-half good rotten dung, from an old 



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