THE 



FLORICULTURAL CABINET, 



SEPTEMBER 1st, 1836. 



PART I. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



ARTICLE I. 



ON THE CULTURE OF THE PANSY OR HEARTSEASE. 



BY MR. JOHN SMITH, FLORIST, ISLINGTON. 



There is scarcely any plant now in cultivation, which is of greater 

 interest to a flower-garden than the Pansy. The extreme neat- 

 ness, heauty, and variety of the kinds, their duration of blooni- 

 ing from April to November, and their peculiar adaptation for 

 almost any part of a flower-garden— renders the Pansy peculiarly 

 pre-eminent. Although the plant is of humble growth, yet, it may 

 be grown upon an elevated mound of soil, so as to exhibit its beauties 

 as lofty as desirable. I have cultivated it in several situations after 

 the following manner : — 



I had a raised octagonal shaped cone, constructed in the centre of 

 a flower garden, which was two yards high, I formed it by having 

 troughs made one foot broad and eight inches deep, tier above tier to 

 the height named. The interior of the troughs had not a boarded 

 bottom, but a bar or two to keep the whole together. The substratum 

 was of good garden soil, and the troughs in which I planted the 

 Pansies was filled with a light rich loamy soil, a compost which I had 

 made of turf soil and manure that had been mixed two years, and 

 turned over several times. In this situation the plants bloomed 

 most beautifully, and produced a striking effect. 



I had a raised bank made against a wall, in order to conceal it from 

 view of my dwelling, and this was constructed after the same manner, 

 tier above tier to the height of five feet, and was equally handsome. 

 The troughs were formed of tiles eight inches deep, above the soil 

 of the lower tier, and the lower edge was inserted six inches to keep 

 the tile upright. 



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