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be supplied by a more master mind than himself. Such a case is 

 now in point, and it affords me considerable pleasure to see your 

 experienced correspondent Mr. Slater take so prominent a part to 

 render the Tulip-growers of England so great a service. He has cer- 

 tainly imposed on himself a task, but his great experience makes him 

 quite master of his subject, and what has already appeared does his 

 head and his heart great credit : in the manner he has begun, I hope 

 he will go on, keeping sight of his motto, " Be just and fear not" for 

 his rule. He has the good wishes of several growers I have men- 

 tioned it to, who are not readers of the Cabinet, but who know him 

 as a Tulip-grower and as a man of credit and experience; and I 

 have no doubt but the catalogue will be a valuable acquisition to this 

 year's volume of the Cabinet, and thus be a book of reference to 

 Tulip-growers all through the kingdom. 



I noticed some observations of your correspondent Gladiolus. I 

 merely remark that he is not the only one who has mourned over the 

 prostration of the blooms of his favourite Fuchsia Fulgens. I have 

 had a little host who have applied to me under similar circumstances. 

 I would say, I have a fine plant : it was struck last autumn, it is now 

 three feet high, with seven splendid heads of blooms on it : it is 

 potted in rich light stuff, the pot nine or ten inches over, it stands in 

 a border which does not get the sun after eleven o'clock in the day : 

 it is watered well every day over the foliage and blooms, nothing can 

 do better ; and if Gladiolus follows this plan, his plant will grow 

 entirely to his satisfaction. 



P. S. Some time since, I begged some information on the subject 

 of putrid yeast as a manure for flowers, but have not been favoured 

 with a reply ; it is a subject that ought not to be lost sight of, and I 

 hope to be favoured with some remarks on the subject ere long. 



ARTICLE V. 



ON THE CULTURE OF PELARGONIUMS FOR THE FLOWER 

 GARDEN, AND ON PRESERVING THEM THROUGH WINTER 

 IN A FRAME. 



BX CLERICU8. 



The Pelargonium is one of the greatest ornaments of the flower- 

 garden ; and when the length of time it continues in flower is con- 

 sidered, the endless variety now cultivated, and the many new and 



