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quantity of crocks in the bottom. Into these pots plunge the small 

 pots containing the bulbs, to about two inches from the rim, when 

 the plants have made their appearance above the soil. 



As the plants progress in growth, provide some neat birch twigs to 

 support the tender shoots, as this appears much more elegant and 

 natural than the formal and vulgar trellises to which it is now so cus- 

 tomary to have such plants trained. The larger pot, in which the 

 small one is plunged, will frequently require a good supply of water, 

 but the small one very seldom. 



When the foliage changes colour in autumn, withhold water ; and 

 when the soil is dry, turn a large saucer over them to prevent damp, 

 aud do not distuib them until the following spring, or they will be 

 liable to vegetate earlier than they ought. 



ARTICLE V. 



HINTS ON THE CULTURE OF THE COMMON WHITE ROCKET. 



BY ALEXANDER, OF C. K., TYNESIIJE. 



Twenty years ago, in the dawn of my floricultural excitement, it was 

 my good fortune to reside in a neighbourhood where I could occa- 

 sionally behold truly elegant specimens of many flowers, now com- 

 paratively neglected, that were indeed not to be passed unheeded, and 

 that did not fail to excite the warmest admiration ; amongst which 

 stood in stately magnificence the Hesperis matronalis of Linnaeus, 

 shedding abroad in grateful profusion its delightfully-inviting aroma. 

 This and a few other old standards were to my youthful fancy pecu- 

 liarly interesting, even at that early period, when as yet I only knew 

 an Auricula by its local cognomen of Dusty Miller, and a Polyanthus 

 by Hose-in-Hose or Jack-an-Apes on Horseback. I, however, had 

 formed the happy determination to become a possessor and a culti- 

 vator in propria persona, the former of which I very soon became, 

 through the kindness of friends, some of whom stand high at the 

 present time as horticulturists in this our northern part of the island ; 

 and as a cultivator, I flatter myself in having at length attained, by 

 dint of long-continued and careful observation and practice, a 

 moderate share at least of experience : it is for these reasons there- 

 fore that I take the liberty to hand you the following hints for the 

 adoption of your readers (if they please), and in order to restore to 



