ON THE EHYTHROLENA CONSPICUA. 29 



In the hop ground I saw, one of the slices of potatoe alone con- 

 tained twenty wireworms, and hy examining one slice of potatoe it 

 will he easily discovered when they require to he replaced. 



ARTICLE IV.— ON THE CULTURE OF THE PRIMULA SINENSIS. 

 By Mr. Plant, Gardener to S. H. Haslam, Esq., Chesham, Bury. 



It may not he unacceptable to some portion of the readers of your 

 Floricidtural Cabinet, to be informed of a mode of treatment in 

 order to bloom the Primula Sinensis in its best perfection, and at its 

 proper season. 



The compost I make use of consists of rich light loam and peat 

 soil in equal parts. 



The seed is sown in the month of May, in a pan lightly covered 

 and placed in a cold frame. When the plants have formed their two 

 first rough leaves they are transplanted singly into pots of sixties ■ 

 when their roots have filled these, they are then removed into 

 forty-eights, and afterwards into thirty-twos, keeping them in the 

 same situation, [and finally into twenty-fours when removing them 

 into the greenhouse in October. It is necessary in all the pottings to 

 give a good drainage of broken crocks or cinders. 



The Primula Sinensis and its varieties, treated after this manner, 

 form a desirable addition to the greenhouse and conservatory during 

 the winter and spring months, afterwards they may be planted into 

 the open border or thrown away, as it is requisite in order to have 

 good blooming plants to sow the seed every year. 



ARTICLE V.— ON CULTIVATING THE ERYTHROLENA CONSPICUA 



BY SCARLET THISTLE. 



My pleasure ground is laid out with small clumps of different shapes, 

 one clump is planted with white dahlias, another with yellow and so 

 on. I am fully convinced that by having each 'clump planted in this 

 manner, the superiority of one flower over the other is more fully 

 seen and the effect more striking. 



The clump next to the one planted with white Dahlias I had planted 

 with Erythrolena conspicua, and I do assure you the effect was most 

 beautiful. The plant is of very easy culture ; I recommend the seed to 

 be sown under a hand-glass in March, and when the plants are three 

 or four inches high, to be placed singly into pots, and kept in a frame 

 until the middle of May, when they may be turned out of the pots 

 into the clump. The soil I find them to thrive the best in, is a rich 

 loam. I have had plants this season from five to seven feet high, and 

 completely covered with fine large bright scarlet flowers. Should you 

 consider this worth noticing, you shall hear from me ;igain. 



