60 OBSERVATIONS ON THE ERANTHEMUM TULCHELLUM. 



" This was Moor Park when I was acquainted with it, and the 

 sweetest place, I think, that I have seen in my life, either before or 

 Bince, at home or abroad." 



I will make no further remarks on this description. Any man 

 might design and build as sweet a garden, who had been born in and 

 never stirred out of Holborn. It was not peculiar to Sir William 

 Temple to think in that manner. How many Frenchmen are there 

 who have seen our gardens, and still prefer natural flights of steps 

 and shady cloisters covered with lead. 



Fortunately Kent, and a few others, were not quite so timid, or we 

 might still be going up and down stairs in the open air. 



( To be continued.) 



ARTICLE V. 



OBSERVATIONS ON THE ERANTHEMUM PULC11ELLUM. 



BY A PRACTICAL GARDENER. 



I observe in two or three of the late numbers of the Cabinet that 

 you recommend the forcing of several old and beautiful flowering 

 plants for adorning the sitting-room, conservatory, greenhouse, &c, 

 during the winter months. One amongst the others is that fine old 

 plant Eranthemum pulchellum, its lovely rich blue flowers, produced 

 in profusion, being one of the most attractive which can be grown. 



I am a practical gardener, of twenty years experience therein, 

 more especially, too, in plant growing in a nobleman's establishment, 

 where forcing is carried on to a large extent. The plant in question 

 is one of my favourites, and I now have (January 29th) six fine 

 plants in profuse bloom, and six more the flowers of which are just 

 peeping. The mode of treatment is as follows : — 



As soon as the plants have ceased blooming, I have them repotted, 

 taking away all the old compost I can without injury to the plants. 

 This operation usually takes place by the end of May or in June, 

 replace them in warmth, and they become well established by 

 August or September. As I take care not to have the pots too large, 

 they are generally well filled with roots by that period. I then 

 remove them into a cooler but light situation, and only just give 

 water to keep them alive. This tends to check growth, and induces 



