152 ON DET.PHINUM GRANDIFtORA. 



bottom of the petals, and the flower about tbe size of a Daffodil. 

 I wish to know the soil, treatment, and method of propagating. 



Yours, &c. D. Pearce. 



P. S. I have planted a slip about five inches long, that was 

 joined to the flower in a thumb pot, in sandy loam, and placed 

 in a slight hot bed, it has been planted a week, and looks fresh 

 at present. 



ARTICLE V. 

 ON DELPHINUM GRANDIFLORA. 



BY LARKSPUR. 



A constant reader of your pleasing Cabinet feel somewhat sur- 

 prised in never seeing any remarks made of that beautiful flower 

 Delphinium Grandiflora, or the great flowered Siberian Lark 

 spur. Two years ago come summer, I was at Coldingham, and 

 in Mr. Martin's nursery, where I saw a large square of that splen- 

 did blue flower, in full bloom ; there might be a thousand plants, 

 they grew from two to three feet high, upon a low, wet, and in- 

 clined to be a piece of boggy ground, where he propagates a 

 great quantity every year. I purchased of him twelve plants, at 

 6d each, took them home with me, with a ball of earth to each, 

 and planted them upon a rich vine border; they continued flow- 

 ering that summer and autumn. The year following they grew 

 to the height of six feet, they flowered all the way up the 

 stalk, and was very gay ; when the blooming was over I cut 

 them down ; they again rose and flowered, and was splendid in 

 the autumn ; rich light soil suites them best. Should you con- 

 sider this worth your notice, I may in future do better. 



Larkspur. 



ARTICLE VI. 



ON PELARGONIUMS. 



BY GERANIA. 



B eing a devoted admirer and cultivator of flowers, and residing 

 in a remote part of the country where I have no opportunity of 

 seeing the variety of new and beautiful plants, which are every 



