S (IN GERANIUMS. 



fit to receive the cuttings. When more than one sort is put into a 

 pot, cave should be taken to select the kinds as near of a habit as 

 possible ; unless this is attended to, some sorts will be found to strike 

 root in a much shorter time than others, which makes it inconveni- 

 ent when potting them out. When the pot is filled with cuttings, it 

 should be well watered with a fine rose watering-pot, and placed in a 

 close shady part of the stove as much away from fire beat as possible, 

 and admitting no air near to the spot where the cutting pots 

 are placed ; likewise taking care never to allow the surface of the 

 mould to become dry. Where there is not the convenience of a 

 moist stove, an exhausted hotbed frame, where there is very little 

 bottom heat, will be found to answer as well if not better. We do 

 not consider bell-glasses at all necessary in any of the above-men- 

 tioned situations, unless it be for some sorts that are very difficult to 

 strike, such as Erica aurea, taxifolia, &c. or where the situation in 

 which they are placed is very dry and airy. If glasses are used, 

 they will require to be wiped almost every day, to prevent any damp 

 from injuring the cuttings. And when they have struck root, which 

 will be easily known by their beginning to grow freely, the glasses 

 should be removed gradually some time before they are potted out. 

 When the cuttings are rooted, they should be potted out singly into 

 the smallest sized pots, and afterwards treated in the same way as 

 recommended for seedlings. 



Young Heaths, either from seed or cuttings, should never be potted 

 out later in the season than the beginning of September; if potted 

 out after that period, they have not time to get established in the pots 

 before the following winter. The soil best suited for the first potting 

 should be one-half peat, and one-half sand, always taking care to 

 drain the pots well with small pieces of broken pots or bricks. — 

 Cuttings that are not rooted before the beginning of September, 

 should be allowed to remain in the cutting-pots till the following 

 March, after which they should be potted out, and heated in the 

 same manner as already recommended. 



ARTICLE IV.— ON THE CULTURE OF GERANIUMS. 



BY MR. THOMAS APPLEBY, 



Gardener to George Young, Esq. Sheaf House, near Sheffield. 



Having promised you a paper on the Culture of Geraniums, I shall 

 now endeavour to fulfil my engagement. 



I employ the term "Geranium" as being most popular, though 

 the proper botanical term is Pelargonium. English, Stork's Bill 



