ON THE CULTURE OF Ml.SEMBRY ANTHEMUM*. 67 



suspended in the house, others T placed in the pit where the wood be- 

 comes warm, the latter have hitherto done best ; a few of those growing 

 best, I placed upon an end in a deep pot, and then filled around the 

 wood with pots, peat and sphagnum, since which, they have grown very 

 vigorously. In hot sunny days I have a close meshed net thrown over 

 the -lass roof. My house is double-roofed, admitting a great deal of 

 light, which renders the covering very necessary in hot weather. 



ARTICLE VII. 



ON THE CULTURE OF MESEMBRY AKTHEMUMS, IN THE OPEN AIR. 



BY MU JAMES HALL. OARDENBR, HARTLEI'OOL LODGE, Tl.IRSK, YORKSHIRE. 



This'very showy following tribe of plants is not cultivated in general 

 as I am sure its merits demand. I therefore send these few remarks 

 more with a view to bring the plants into notice, by growing them ... 

 the open air, than describing any new mode of culture as to soil, &c. ; 

 during the last season 1 had a most brilliant show from early in May to 



October. 



Havin- a considerable number of plants which I had cultivated in 

 the oreenhouse, and cool frame for two or three years ; on May 1st, I 

 planted them out in the open air, turning them, out of the pots with 

 balls entire. I selected a situation under a south wall, where there was 

 a flower border four feet wide- 1 planted four rows of twenty-five plants 

 in a row, at one foot six inches apart in the rows, placing them alter- 

 nately. 'The taller growing kinds in the back row, gradually declining 

 to the' post one which consisted of the very dwarf growing kinds. The 

 border was made about a foot deep and filled with the following kind of 

 compost, fresh loamy soil, well rotted cow-dung, and a good addition 

 of lime rubbish and river sand. This compost was well incorporated 

 and mixed up for two months, before I put it in the border. When I 

 planted out the plants 1 gave them a good watering to settle the soil to 

 the balls, and carefully attended to this through the season. They re- 

 quired a plentiful supply when they had began to root anew in the bor- 

 der the dwarf kinds I find require less than the vigorous sorts, the sub- 

 soil of the border is rock, and being dry, 1 think it more suited to the 

 growth of the plants. I beg to assure the readers of the Cab.net, who 

 have cultivated this tribe of plants that it is well deserving their attention 

 The flowers only expand when the sun is upon them, so that it is re- 



